Yonderness

Tomcats swing to a music all their own Down the sidewalk with a tap Yowlin at the dogs that yap No safe house, they'd ratha' roam. Alleys were built just for us Come and stroll! Don't take the bus! Moon Cat Dance for City Felines Well we dance on da' rooftops ev'rytime!! (chorus) Moonlight dance, come prance and sway! Cats ev'rywhere dance ev'ry way! Swish and swoosh and slide and slip And of couse acompanied by a city trumpet! All cats can dance, we all can jump 'n' jive We all swing to the music and slide slide slide! Dance from a tree or on the ground! Dance in a group and go 'round and 'round! Or dance by yourself, promenade and prance

A mouse one day did look to sea And this is what he saw: A great white beast (a tempest cloud) A fierce-like sloshing jaw The sun was a dripping egg, the sea a china platter The sky a thousand voices crying out "Whatever is the matter?" The sands answering back to them, "I wish to sail to sea" The waves then sweeping up the dust So that it may be free. From deep beneath the cherry stars a fire-dragon came With teeth a hundred crushed-up moons And silver eyes like rain He beckoned to the lonely mouse- "I see you tire of here You would throw yourself right in You leap right down, without a frown- why, rather, with a grin!" The mouse replied, "B

you shall not cower behind your sapphire scales nor flee beyond this land but sweep with wings the unrelenting wind-breeze-clouds that scurry 'cross the barren sky to strike undaunted the key of Royalty from the specter king's hand- strike fierce, for the aungish of a war-hardened nation shall spring loose if you should come to die and bring crumbling down the rein of the egg-breaker-earth-shaker, bring to him his final stand for precarious is your position for triumph or gain and a brazen act could cost the already hard-pressed war and the azure flames streaming, singeing, from your pearl-tooth studded maw will pierce the dry air bey

Summerspell Apon the grass a child runs Her eyes alit with the soft sun Springtime scattered in the air Weeks ago, the trees were bare Crickets sing and cloud-bursts dance On with shorts, off with snowpants Long dark hair flips in the breeze Sunstroked skin and grass stained knees Garden hoses turn the yard Into a sparkling water park Chasing chipmunks, catching frogs Splashing in puddles with her dog Rollerblades and sidewalk chalk Long and lonesome summer walks Eating flaming tangerines Stung by night-striped golden bees Her eyes reflect the endless sky Geese and songbirds soar so high Frosty bitter lemonade Minty iced tea i