NIGHT LIFE....

I LIKE THE NIGHT LIFE BABY!  When nocturnal predators savage their prey, step out of the darkness into a delicious frey! When the lion comes to the table he will have the last say, one good yawn keeps all at bey! That's why  I LIKE THE NIGHT LIFE BABY! North Korea firing missiles and  acting crazy, China sky is charcoal red hazy! It's Sunday morning and good reason to be lazy! Economy is slowly moving wrong direction,  Wall Street and Unemployment ARE BOTH GOING UP!  That's why I LIKE THE NIGHT LIFE BABY! Banks giving back our money to say "we ain't changing, baby!"  Want only dollar for dollar on bad loans, while citizens get treated for stones! From congress we only get groans, to busy doing someone other than spouse who is giving sexy Argentine moans! Did you notice Madoff appears less than credible finance giant than medieval miniature in forest hiding gnome? That's why I LIKE THE NIGHT LIFE BABY! Obama's standard answer is resounding "well maybe!" Will it be health plans for all or for all a good night? Can they say no again because money is again tight? When will citizens come out of the  DARKNESS AND INTO THE LIGHT? Only they can carry the fight, put hands on necks and squeeze real tight! Until all those elected officials begin taking actions they were sent to do in broad daylight! Then ENJOY THE NIGHT LIFE BABY!                Barry McChangky

STEPPING INTO DARKNESS....

Going out on town tonight by stepping out into the dark. Start it off like two winos in the park. Whole night should be a lark, won't have to look at O'Sunshine it will be dark!   Will stumble into steak house not quiet as a mouse. Will be clean and won't have need for a delouse. Effectively bribe our waitress with an up front tip, buds that later will give her a rip! Oh if Sally would be there with her very luscious lips! She can have her way with me even using whips, totally a steak lady, no fish and chips!   Wonderful food at the Bell Tower, where young crowd hangs out to imply their power. If shit hits the fan must would cower, McChangky will step into vacuum and show The Power! Treat all like blooming flower, never to act at all sour! Nor when making my corn bread use too much flour!   Here I am in anticipation, knowing that tomorrow will not bring constipation! It is primary stipulation, that food flows with correct mastication! NOW, all thinking next line will be about masturbation! They say in the army, never anticipate the command!              Barry McChangky

EIGHT JOBS A MINUTE!

Eight jobs a minute is what we lose, as smartest guys in room search for clues! How many at home singing the blues, after most their life paying the Man's dues! Short term players always watching for cues, what will it take for salt of the earth to BLOW A FUSE?   Is Obama a LEADER or just a muse, hard to tell by following the news. Olive branch to Iran resulted in resounding boos! Re-elected leader who hates Americans, Brits and Jews! Russia told Obama pretty much we just refuse, China still wants to keep people out of church pews! In the Land of Alice there are eight jobs lost a minute! Is media in collusion way they spin it? or too hard to say "numbers do NOT include U-3, U-5 and U-6 figures!" We all know the U-2 Band number, but treat public like we are dumber! Do we deserve to be treated like JOE THE PLUMBER? Eight jobs a minute and counting!                 Barry McChangky

NEW GAME!

Went down to the Love Shack found a whole new game, new benchmark way not for the tame. Have no doubt special mention in Hash Hall of Fame! If you do not try only yourself to blame! Stop in tracks New York Dame, even turn up her flame! It will even help a horse front right lame, and once you tried it you will never be the same! How do I know? I CAN'T REMEMBER THE NAME!             Barry McChangky

HERE, THERE AND EVERYWHERE!

Here, there and everywhere life goes on, in New York with permission of The Don! It may not be finer to awake in Red China in the morning. Strife in western provinces now have too many mourning! The Russian Bear has no change to spare, Putin really does not care! Many say under communism all was better, but no one will write it down in a letter! Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan and now Pakistan too, all living under skies that are far from blue! Western world again has gone in, won't do better than French with Viet Minh! Never take on patriot like Ho Chi Minh!   Living with all is never easy, have to take entire package or life is sleazy! Every continent has more than one fire, some kill old masters with burning tire! Internet has hooked us all to same wire, everyone knows when things turn dire! Don't mean that help is on the way, those that have may stay out of the way! Send in their holy priests to comfort and tell them no revolt, get on knees to pray! Clergy becomes predator making their flock the prey! Look at Honduras then tell me nay! If all are United Nations members, how come all go their own way? Neighboring nations have genocide while all turn face to side! When they come for me and you, where will we be able to hide? or slimy up and take the other side?                      Barry McChangky

ROUND AFTER ROUND!

What goes up will always come down, Wall Street stock market goes on round after round. Many practices are know not to be sound, but greed everywhere is easily found! Pitch always takes you to the moon, but next day your on the ground! Invested money in pure dog breeding, lead to your bank account bleeding! But being in shape and sound, you went anther round! Invested a ton and got back a pound! In all this are there any lessons to be found? There ain't no wood in a termite mound!                Barry McChangky

EXAGGERATE!

EXAGGERATE! EXAGGERATE! Tell me what it adds to the debate? Does it help those that regulate? Used by those that want to instigate? Did last meal come packaged or did you fabricate, and then masticate? When person in bar said no did you go home and masturbate, then tell a story where you EXAGGERATE? or tell truth that no one took your bait? While going through life do you fish or cut bait? When looking for lucky sign what must it indicate? Do you look to get along or eradicate? In California governor is Terminator, looking at state programs to the poor like an exterminator! EXAGGERATE! What are you looking at when trying to figure out your own fate? Will you come up with something before it's too late? Does quality of life come before the rate? Will there be anything left over for your darling mate, or leave it all to last date? Will you be ready for St. Pete at Pearly Gate, or get sent to hell for all your hate? Don't exaggerate baby! Once you do you can't go back to maybe!                        Barry McChangky

ENTERTAINMENT!

ENTERTAINMENT! Has taken over our nation! ENTERTAINMENT! Every one's home becomes one big play station! ENTERTAINMENT! Once your in The Game you are in for the duration! ENTERTAINMENT! Ten movie multiplex theatre with one movie to ticket ration! ENTERTAINMENT! Will "weekend box office" be enough to support our nation? ENTERTAINMENT! Is spending on entertainment a necessity or one more form of couch vegetation? ENTERTAINMENT! Does your favorite entertainer pass quality code of inspection? or does he cover ass for protection? ENTERTAINMENT! Political comics have brought on a right wing rejection, knowing who they are have no real objection! ENTERTAINMENT! Do you have most to say around water cooler? or you work real hard for more moo-lah? ENTERTAINMENT! What you say or know don't mean a lot, never have to worry about being put on the spot! What we take in can make brain rot, what we watch is who we are not!                Barry McChangky

AFTER THE PARTY...

Hope holiday weekend seen you acting like a baboon, Wall Street bettors like Disney characters now Singing A Happy Tune! Numbers of unemployed again up in June! Small businessmen see coming ruin, what is Obama doin'?   Watching last night's moon fade with first light of morning, comes the early news with another economic warning! Rich are back at it, salt of the earth pushed further into the snake pit! "Old Order" is now the "New Order!" Many leaving while meeting others crossing border, at Bell Tower great waitresses take your order!   WE, the People voted for change, all we got was an even exchange! Losers who became winners is a little strange! Will Obama change advisers when it is time to rearrange, get forward looking observer who can find the range!   Struggle of the working man gets a bit tougher by the day, church followers go to pray. Some dig in deeper working all night for extra pay, without UNIONS can workers have contract say? Those doing well of course say nay, all others can go fish in San Francisco Bay where only thing going up is mercury and decay!   Remember great rat named Ben? Will he be coming this way again? Will rodents always out live women and men? We only produce one to their ten, keeping busy down in their den!                Barry McChangky

SWITCH BLADE ALICE!

Woke up Sunday morning news was especially red, enough to make tough guy go right back to bed. Iraq, North Korea and Iran, on these issues where do you stand? Afghanistan, Pakistan do we have a plan? Will we have to call out the Clan, or make all those nations our fans! Alice is getting ready to come to stiletto point, looking to see who to poke or anoint!   World is going through another change, some that gave now must receive aid. New winners will appear as current losers begin to fade, wipe smell of death away with air freshener called Glade! On way out door losers got WELL paid, salt of the earth again got laid, when will Obama stop the current treasury raid? His pearls of wisdom are as valuable as jade, but through all the bullshit one must wade! If We, the People put Alice up against the wall will she pull out the switch blade? Will enough PATRIOTS answer the call, or wait for better weather in the fall? Our problems are all home made, while politicians continue to cheat their maid! WE still think of those that want to invade, but WE are Alice's spring in The Switch Blade!              Barry McChangky

GOVERNOR'S TEST!

Here is something for Independence Day Bar B Q we can all chew on, how many governors can you name? How many governors are not insane? If you can't subtract how may are sane? Can you tell me how many you think are vain, very vain or off the hook vain? How many have lied and put followers through all that pain? How many never stop trying to explain? How many are Abel, how many Cain? WHO do you admire, who do you NOT disdain? Let me put it to you very, very plain, you won't find one living out on the plains. Nor in the home of the free living among our own debris, every governor should come with built in referee!   Power of the State is not in debate, but how it is used and sold at what rate! It is power over lives that decides many a citizens daily fate. As I write sound of a governor can be heard packing a crate, then again when arriving never made real clear what they would create! But of course We, the People took the bait!                    Barry McChangky

RETIREMENT......

Will retirement come to you? When you can leave work do you have a clue,or waiting for it to come out of the blue? Will you be now working longer to make 201K and Social Security payments stronger? Working long, hard and strong will it turn out wrong? With downsize in funds do you know where to live, where you belong?   Where do graduation class go for a job? Maybe Micky D or NEW GOTTI MOB? Will you retain all that class or begin to live like a slob, with stains from eating corn on the cob? Will swimming pools be full you can only bob, or got to local Mini-mart for food to rob? Will you think of missed opportunities and begin to sob? Have you joined Hair Club because head looks like a knob, excuse for wearing mop is, "I'm looking for a job!"               Barry McChangky

DANCING IN THE STREETS!

Our troops in Iraq are now pulling back, Iraqi's are DANCING IN THE STREETS! All major groups going their own ways but Iraqi's are DANCING IN THE STREETS! North Korea is firing missiles while South Koreans are going into offense mode leaving no one to be DANCING IN THE STREETS! Wall Street comeback with ongoing Unemployment increase will create life found in movie Mean Streets! Only DeNiro doing Micky's Monkey was DANCING IN THE STREETS. Alice's children are celebrating our independence with parades and DANCING IN THE STREETS! Where does welfare and success lines meet, somewhere between soy and real red meat! But yet we are DANCING IN THE STREETS! Even The Clan is falling out in their best, new clean sheets! Why shoot people when there are skeet's? Well score don't add up to enough feats! WE ARE DANCING IN THE STREETS! Enclaves of people living well but now are very, very discreet, willing to share corn and a beet, but will go own way to full stomach beat, Need energy to go DANCING IN THE STREETS!                 Barry McChangky

REVOLUTION, BABY!

Yes, we had our revolution. Went on to write constitution. Created brand new institution.   Now we are engaged in great economic war, brought to us by The Greedy Hardcore! George, Tom and Benny must be saying, "what the hell for?" Kicked out the British and opened The Democracy Door! Turned our first heroes into folk lore! Let the businessmen set up new store, now have consumers down on the floor! More troops in Iraq and Afghanistan to continue the "hope" while being engaged in gore, has western world become world's whore? Is it time to turn back to our own shore? Is North Korea threatening or just wants more? Will Iran continue to ignore? Iraq for Americans have become a boar? Are you in line at welfare, unemployment or Medicinal Cannabis Store? Where you are standing is clue you should never ignore!   BACK TO THE BARRICADES! or shall we be a nation of maids? On our banks they have made many a raid, while We, the People paid! I know it is comfortable in bed now getting laid, while our prestige will continue to fade. Baby Boomers had it made, now into old age they wade, leaving their children the ones who will pay! Did not beat the system but beat it up while having their say! What do we see on the horizon but gray, many in congress say yeah, others will  of course say nay, but WHERE OH  WHERE is the leader to show us the way?                Barry McChangky

MY GOY-UM!

MY GOY-UM! MY GOY-UM! Shickster married our Jewish boy and ran with the children! EVERYBODY! MY GOY-UM! MY-GOY-UM! She never drank Mogen David bit could put away the rum! Will turn nice Jewish boy into a bum, without Hebrew school will the children be dumb? Is it true a shickster can't screw and chew gum, but I heard even with a mouth full can really hum! MY GOY-UM! MY GOY-UM! Chased Jewish people until they were numb, all they ever wanted was to be your chum! Kicked them out when you took total sum, even wrote in Doomsday Book the last crumb! Now you want the last plum!               Barry McChangky

OH, I OWE YOU!

Oh, I owe you! I. O.U! What are Californians going to do? Not the green of the Red, White and Blue! State workers will still get their due, less than before but what can one do? OH! I OWE YOU!   Does your landlord have a sense of humor but wants rent in cash when it is due? Try to pay for groceries with NEW IMPROVED I.O.U., told to go skip to my lu! Even the ghost wants cash to scare me with a boo, did you tell kids you don't have a clue? Can you hold your family all together with Elmer's glue, or just be happy eating peasant stew? Do you buy milk of the moo, or do you spend it on something you don't need but is BRAND NEW? Will your silly whore take an I.O.U., if she does she is one of the few! Give it to the taco truck and watch the vial spew! Yeah! Let's all have fun with our I.O.U's!          Barry McChangky

LOVE SHACK JOURNEY!

Went down to the Love Shack, there he was on his knees, like usual doing as he please. He's AUSTIN POWER, SECURITY GUARD! At the door never lets in uncarded sleaze, never makes vendors pay Doomsday Book Fees! He only scratches because he has fleas! Can't answer the phone but does have set of Jacky's house keys, won't ever live in space age pod because he's a One Of A Kind pea! Talks a good worldly game while never ever going over the sea! Thinks he's a radical revolutionary because he won't drink Grey's Tea! When check comes to table he never says,"how much is owed by WE? It sure as hell ain't "I" or "ME!"   He is the joker in deck of cards, but he is sure that he is reincarnation of The Bard! Ray O' Sunshine, man with good, but always late line! Tell you what you just said looking for O K sign!             Barry McChangky

HIT THE SKIDS!

Life is moving on as we go deeper into recession, it has touched most in this nation. So much greed, little indignation, everything to cost more but for a worker's raise no indication! As life gets tighter and have less, what do you tell the kids when family life hits the skids?   Wall Street and Unemployment are both up, one feeding while other eats the kid's pup! Fixed all the Fixers now, give away to all next Christmas The Tin Cup! Throwing a party for Health Care Reform, when it arrives it will be just more form! Prices are up and that is that, WHO is in Democratic dugout ready to take turn at bat? Is politics about growing fat, or to use salt of the earth as door mat? What are you going to tell the kids as family life hits the skids?   Lobbyists are still putting in their bids, now want to tax all pot lids. Make it all legal even for a kid, take in MORE taxes but look what you did! Just for a tax dollar you you are ready to swallow while wearing ugly dog collar! Your words make no sense and are not worth a cent, on a path that is hell bent! Do you stand up just to vent, how come YOU were allowed to take accounting rules and RE-INVENT? All the money is gone but has it been spent? Now that we have sold out the future what do we tell the kids as family life hits the skids?               Barry McChangky

BERNIE GOT SENTENCED!

Bernie got sentenced today,  Hoo ray! Hoo ray!  Judge Chin has sent him away,  Hoo ray! Hoo ray!  Gave him one hundred fifty years  Hoo ray! hoo ray!  Maximum prison is where he will  stay, twenty two hours alone a day,  gives one plenty of time to find God,  get baptised and re fry the lard!    Pragmatics of carrying out the scheme,  like making sure every investor was reamed!  Money to Cayman Islands electronically  beamed, his wife and sons in photos gleamed!  Bernie Baby needed physical help, turning all  the money into kelp!    Compared to banks Bernie Baby is small, when  We, the people gave trillions to make them look  tall! Now stock market and banks doing well,  now everyday people waiting to hear go back to  work bell! Wall Street and Unemployment are up  but only one still holding out The Tin Cup!            Barry McChangky

THAT WAS IT!

THAT WAS IT!  Michael is way gone!  THAT WAS IT!  Even in death magical  mystery tour, life was  GIANT, his death will not bore!  THAT WAS IT!  For children everywhere he did  pay dues and do more than his bit!  THAT WAS IT!  For his children will become items  of curiosity more than just a bit,  but will live forever off The Michael  Teat! Hope they learned his pride in  work that made him such a hit!  THAT WAS IT!  There were times he showed his wit,  always in shape looking beyond fit!  Too many surgeries to the face turned  it into catcher's mitt, all those pain  killers from time scalp was lit!  THAT WAS IT!  Coming soon The Michael Jackson all  inclusive life time kit, not for those who  would rather knit! Fighting will begin  with legal writ, see all snakes come up  from The Snake Pit!   AND THAT IS IT!              Barry McChangky

HOT TIME!

Hot time! Summer in the city,  weather not showing any pity!  Hot time! Summer in the city,  Obama looking more like Mr.  Walter Mitty! HOT TIME!  Summer in the city!  Knuckleheads like me thinking  I am witty! HOT TIME!  Summer in the city!  Bronx women dressing for heat  looking fine and pretty!   HOT TIME! Summer in the city,  Street action by gangsters make  life kind of shitty, need enforcer  to clean things up like Frank Nitti!  HOT TIME! Summer in the city,  How many will need milk from the  government titty? HOT TIME!  Summer in San Francisco City,  Glad to be here so hold the pity!  Things here getting down to the  nitty gritty, that is when we will see  if there is really any pity!               Barry McChangky

JACKSON STIMULIS!

Mike "not the kike" Jackson    died yesterday, doing what    Obama has yet to do alive    to this day. Everything that    is Jackson has flown off the    shelf, from under mattress    come out Alice's wealth!    T-shirts, sweat-shirts and    how to Dance with Stealth!      Like Elvis, he will never be    forgotten, not even side of    him that was rotten. Great an    entertainer that there was, but    in the end drugs gave him    more than a buzz!      Last act on this planet helped    many have a good day, now    many line up to pray. While    here had his say, now many    will be seen crying down at San    Francisco Bay!               Barry McChangky

STEAK AND EGGS, BABY!

Here I am eating more    steak and eggs, while in    my mind a question begs,    Wall Street and Unemployed    are both up, yet one has to    use The Tin Cup! Not me, I am    eating steak and eggs.      Salt of the earth bought off for a    paltry sum, even filtered a dime    down to the bum. No one is tried    for being dumb, only wanted too    big a plum! Everyday economy    is absolutely numb, so tell me    how come I'm eating steak and    eggs?      Benacki is coming into his own,    but congress wanted Greenspan    clone! Tried to set him up as the    fall guy but he refused to roll on    over and die! Everyone who wants    to take a shot must apply for every    corner has reporter or a spy! All the    attention one must have big balls to    lie! Just need some beer brought to    me from kegs, because I am very    comfortable sitting here eating steak    and eggs, baby!             Barry McChangky

HAVE NO MONEY!

CALIFORNIA!    Has no money!    No Money! No Money!    Our bees have stopped    giving honey, rabbits no    longer screw like bunnies!    Only economic good news    in Sunday funnies!  One    more day of San Francisco    fog and not sunny! all over    our state there is no money,    schools, fire houses and    police stations may stop    servicing their honey bees!    No new taxes just plenty of    fees, billionaires laugh while    salt of the earth are down on    their knees! No matter how hard    you say please they will continue    to squeeze! Hard rain is not    coming it already fell!              Barry McChangky

FRESH START!

Bugsy Segal once said,    "everyone sometimes needs    a fresh start!" Nation of Iran    will now tear itself apart, high    price to pay to get fresh start.    How many bodies end up in    funeral take away cart? Can    you find new way with horoscope    chart or look in mirror reminding    yourself, "I can do this because I    have heart!"  Do you tell everyone    how much you know about art, or    sell off art for fresh start? Hold up    for money local Mini-mart?      Starting over is easy to do!    How much pain can you do?    Will you sail the ocean if sky    is not blue or HOPE Shangarla    comes to you? Would you do    something cool like skip to my lu?    Drink all night waking up in morning    dew and asking, "So? Vats new?"    Getting fresh start is never off chart!            Barry McChangky

DISCOVERY!

Discovered in the Scrolls    of the Bronx Tao, along    side Little Red Book by    late Chairman Mao. The    Next and Last Great Idea    of Albert "I'm the Genius"    Einstein. "Brain of human    being can not fully grow in    or reach maximum potential    until all the hair grows all    the way out!"  On his death    bed I am sure he did not at    all become a tout, took atom    bomb to fifteen round bout!    HERE'S TO EINSTEIN!     WITH  ROUND OF STOUT!            Barry McChangky

BURN BABY BURN!

Up early this morning just    to watch the world news do    BURN BABY BURN!    Cisneros in Mexico being    pushed out of country to    BURN BABY BURN!    Resurgence of clans looking    for nationhood, most being    lead by hoods to road where    many BURN BABY BURN!    World economy has taken a    terrible turn heading towards    BURN BABY BURN!    Sooner or later WE all get a turn,    leave early with a flock of tern!    then maybe get out of the way of    BURN BABY BURN!    Politicians pay no dues for making    We, the People sing the blues!    Keep electing those without clues,    don't believe me read morning news!    So much infamy being recorded by    the moment, where to go how can one    choose! It is not new news that world is    going to BURN BABY BURN!    Remember good old days when butter    was something to churn, we got all    state of the art but what did we learn!    Neighborhoods to nations quality of life    is showing results of all the stress, we all    need to learn to live on less or you will    BURN BABY BURN!                  Barry McChangky

PLEASE SEDATE ME!

Afghanistan and Iran,    I want to be sedated!    Economy in the hole,    is there really a plan?    I want to be sedated!    Union fire fighters up    against civil rights,    I want to be sedated!    Will we ever leave Iraq?    I want to be sedated!    Governor goes all the way    in and to Argentina, major    league baseball still uses    The Beaner!  Oh I need to    be sedated! Magazine and    Hollywood worlds still hold    too much infatuation, even    used by current administration!    I want to be sedated!    Alphabet Streets in NYC have    all been upgraded, old crowds    have faded. Ethnic groups are    still bated and all I want for    Christmas is to be sedated!             Barry McChangky

I'M SO HAPPY....

I'm so happy just so happy    as can be, some of my many    expectations came to be!    Living life large in the land    of brave and home of the free!    Wake each morning with new    hand waiting for me, give it a    look to see what possibilities    may be in store for me! Life is    hard all comes with a fee, but    new nation began with BOYCOTT    of British tea! So this guy never    wonders, "what will happen to me?"    Will sit down an play banjo on my    knee, knowing in darkness of the    night new hand will be dealt to me!    Barry never sends out a plea, rather    run away to the sea! Not knowing    what is beyond is appealing to me!               Barry McChangky

RAY'S FAMOUS.....

There have been great philosophers    over many centuries but there is a    master living among us known as    Ray O'Sunshine! Man who will at    all times come up with a line....      Yo mama is like next line on welfare    application, blank ready to be filled in!      Ray O'Sunshine admitted in a not to    rare a moment of honesty that he    thought IRAQ was name of guy who    set up rack in pool hall!           Barry McChangky

HERE'S RAY!

Woke up this morning then    headed for Love Shack.    Had no medicine, wanted to    avoid PTSD attack!    Gatekeeper all dressed in black,    "Let me see your card or turn back!"    Tall and skinny, mouth filled with    flack, behind Mike Myer smile this    guy gives no slack!    Still living on past fame, when a    contender for Pole Dancer Hall of    Shame! Never points finger or first    to blame, very devious just the same!    Appears to be very tame, limps to work    because on the right is lame. Like the    song, "he came then left, when he left    he came!"  My next son will NOT carry    his name, O'Sunshine sounds much    more like a dame! Said he  can make    women hot as a flame, that he talks but    don't take action is a real shame!                Barry McChangky              Ray O'Sunshine is a FICTIONAL character.    He does not bear any resemblance to reality!

OH OH!

North Korea and Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, All coming at us, does Alice have a plan? Will we need home grown murderers called The Clan? Will we need sacrifice of all women and man or will most be at beach getting a tan? Or watching NASCAR go in circles because you are a fan? Who is making a great comeback but SPAM! Nothing but fat with taste of the ram, sold at great discount in place called SAM! Be careful out there all are carrying a video cam, catch you in act of the flim flam! or putting hand up skirt of girlfriend Trailer Park Pam!   Holding knife to Alice's pie, North Korea will let on Fourth of July missiles fly, Iran counted forty million votes without a tie! In Iraq and Afghanistan more of our soldiers will die, and caught thirty year Cuban spy! Saving banks in "our best interests" just one more lie? Will west looking Iranians stand up and defy? Is anyone out there asking "WHY?" When you don't put up you are shy, yet first in line at fish fry! When children miss meals do they cry, put them to bed with another lie?   Times are not a-changing for  they have already changed, just go ask mentally ill or deranged. One thing for sure there is no  going back, what was once good was stolen by some in a sack! All over world people giving their governments plenty of flack, old institutions are under attack! Is Obama one more political hack? Is he really leader of the pack? How come failures are kept in place rather than be given good South Bronx Whack? All have many hanging plaques, like kind that gives one Alzheimer's!            Barry McChangky

BLACK COWBOY HAT...

Quarter horse racing came to Long Island, New York, Where races are measured in yards and not thorough breed furlongs. It was horse racing but of different game.Told Long Legged Lois my handicapping will be put to shame! "This is a gambling game of real different name! Only winners that will be cashing after the race will be wearing black cowboy hat, pointy cowboy boots and cheap sun glasses!"   New gang surrounding Obama looks like old gang, for our money there has been no bang! All talking same old slang, all saying, "do what we say or you will economically hang!" Living their lives very good, do they know or care if they are understood? Are they doing what they can get away with or doing as they should? Is it veneer or real wood? In the dark of night they will slip away wearing a black cowboy hat with pointy boots and cheap sun glasses!   Clocks are ticking and banks are running, Some are hungry and some are sunning! Enough have died while more in boxes keep on coming, two front war keeps country economically bumming! Politicians talking about next election, like any diner menu a chance to make selection! Plenty of every thing with everything not of perfection! Who is checking The Books or making inspection? Must be that group dressed in black cowboy hat, pointy cowboy boots and cheap sun glasses! They are there to take advantage of The Masses, an there are no passes!                 Barry McChangky

RISK?

When was last time you thought about I take a risk? Was it on little league field of dreams, or on one night admiring moon beams? Did you become more competitive when told to pick teams?   Will you stand and fight when it is important and you"know" you are right, or put on blinders to keep out the light? Do you turn left when you should be going to the right? Are an other's opinion always kept in plain sight, when taxes are due do you become uptight? To eat apple one must take first bite!   Are you low voltage following path of least resistance, are standards kept high at your insistence? To moving on forward are you an impedance? Or do you like hole you dug where it is safe from being impeded? Are "outside forces" now keeping you from earning a living, or maybe life for you is not worth living? Life has not turned out to "your expectation", so swallow hard after some mental mastication!         Barry McChangky

OFF THE HOOK!

Did you hear what Obama had to say? Things are well under control and declaring today as Amnesty Day! Things were so bad we called it "being off the hook!" Too bad not a short story in a book, or great photo mag we called "Look!" Madoff got what he took, then swallowed entire hook! At him will they throw the book?   Regulators are forgiven and now have one more chance, Paulson taught them all how to dance! The best way start with Paulson Prance! Send our money to Bank of France! Obama must have been smoking the good stuff and was in a trance! Like buying used car from guy named Lance!   Paulson, KashAndCarry and new guy on block are all off the hook, don't matter what they took! All three are geniuses of "Accounting You Can Cook!" Your "loss" is not a "loss" because Paulson said so and he is The Boss! Obama and Paulson are selling us moss, use it in a salad we we call toss. No longer patriots like Betsy Ross, every one's load too heavy for the cross! Calvary are killers on horseback not a sacred hill, on two war front we are still paying human bill, but getting away are those who got caught with hands in the till! Obama is "starting over" and the guilty are free to go because "he" said they are off the hook! What happened to putting murders and thieves on butcher's hook? Are you a "golden child" off the hook, or salt of the earth hanging from the hook?                Barry McChangky

I WANT TO BE CZAR!

Don't want to be a sports superstar, dribble basketball and shoot three pointer from afar. Don't need to be driver of hottest new sports car but won't mind if all know my name at you local bar! Like to be a judge who never passed a bar or can pass a bar, be captain of the team and treated like a dream. Don't mind someone pouring my coffee and stirring my cream, or not saving me last hit of Jim Beam! Don't want to be any one's shining star, I just want to be The Czar!   Will lead all out of The Capitalist Wilderness, have everyone in a brand new car!  One gallon of gas to take you far, mileage so good a gas reserve in quart jar! Soccer moms all around to keep things sound! Where we are going is where we are bound, it is on that trail The Czar will be found! Will he be short or he be round? Will leadership be sound, or will we be competing for meals with a hound? Baptism or water boarding either way you drowned!\        Barry McChangky

THIS MORNING YOU AWOKE..

This morning when you awoke, knew she was still there after she gave you a poke, Went to computer to check your online bank account, saw that you were really, really broke! She was laughing leaving saying,"boy are you a joke!"  Now she is hanging with well financed bloke, all day  and night doing coke! Will leave him when done with The Soak, will be laughing then after another toke, will live her life that way until she does The Croak! When she wants what she wants she invokes! "Come on boys pick up shovels and get engine going by doing The Stoke!"            Barry McChangky

WHAT A GREAT DAY!

What a great day to go outside, take mom and kids for a ride, making sure all driving laws you do abide, show them lat mountain snow slide, where all pioneers died! Take them to old battle fields where many died with pride, stop at next Micky D's for food that is hot and fried, greasy enough to make the heart go into slide! Eat what you like why should you be denied? Heart attack or stoke for those who applied! How will you look at wedding standing next to your bride? Short, plump and called Clyde! But my brother I tell you this because I am on your side! Stay healthy and never have to wear triple x or triple wide!         Barry McChangky

PASSED THIS WAY BEFORE!

Take good look at actions, not sound bites and other retractions. You and I heard it as we passed this way before! During elections all said Obama was good to the core, but all his promises are like folk lore. It is empty at Treasury Store, so for us, "what's in store?" Will we be looking down national guard rifle bore,or doing or doing time in The Man's Store? When was last time so happy found yourself on the floor? When you had enough do you still ask for more? When did you last think of the poor who now live right next door? Don't get angry or sore just do something for some one else like that person making a meal of an apple core!            Barry McChangky

BAILED OUT BANKS!

Bailed out banks! Bailed out banks! Giving back money saying no thanks. Too many greedy officers among ranks! Bailed out banks! Bailed out banks! Have yet to publicly fill in the blanks. How much was turned into Marx and Francs? Who is eating sirloin and who the shank? Was bailout anything but a prank? Did anyone catch a spank? are We, the People all on crank? No one awake to watch our flanks! Will we know private from government tanks?       Barry McChangky

DEAL OR NO DEAL?

Is it a deal or is it not?    Someone forgot about    Indiana lot! Majority    over minority does not    hit the spot! This will    lead to Dems beginning    to rot, want to tell the    worker, "what we give    you is what you got!"      Is it a deal or is it not?    In the shelters how many    to a cot, do they shower    in water that is hot? All    over Alice there is plenty,    sure is a lot! So why is    there a daily story about    another abused tot?       Fiat must be crazy to stick    it out, this fight won't last as    long as six round bout! All    want a great deal, even at cost    of worker's families next meal!    Obama is ready to use his seal!    "I know it will hurt some but in end     for all a great deal!"  Is he for real?     said worker's heartbeat he could feel,    but powers that be get best deal!    Exactly for who is this deal ideal?      Time is running out on Detroit, now    Supreme Court will take a look. So    what did lawyers miss in this book?    Want to give so they took, played a    pawn against the rourke! Will our next    leader be the spaceman Mork? or one    more strongman to wratchit up the    torque?            Barry McChangky

RENEWING MY PASSPORT!

Renewing my passport, darling. Have to go down the road. Been here longer than anywhere, starting to feel like aging toad. Better to move on and look around, living on a pond or maybe a sound. Living in San Francisco have found people are people caught up in daily life and not at all profound! They are caught up in what they are bound, making family life on a basis that is sound. But wolves out there need to be traced by hound! At edge of every town is a mound, some junk yards, others a cemetery!             Barry McChangky

ON THE TOWN......

Out on the town, We were out on the town, Looked like we did classic classroom clown! Killed a bottle of the good red, bonged away until we were ready to be fed. Decided on Bell Tower which on Friday night is not dead! Hot waitress who knew us from past, tipped up front buds to insure perfection, gave us menu's and said, "boys whistle when ready with selection!"   Bottle of red later with medium rare steak, would be nice to have bong break! Our waitress was fun, left nothing undone. O'Sunshine tipped well after in his face appeared a gun! Letting go of forty dollars was not hard after so much laughter and fun!   Out into the night to grab a taxi, back to his place and home girl Jacky! No she is not at all whacky, O'Sunshine is one who is tacky! Tough guy in his pre- pole dancing days when he was known as Blacky!   Cabbed back to my place to wash my face, going to be without lady in black lace! Not even a wiff or a trace to be found in my place! Today is here with new hand to play! Since I had my say I will be on my way!                 Barry McChangky

WHAT DID YOU HEAR?

Did you hear latest sound bite,    one upon wind coming during    the night? Was it rosey view that    does not sound tight? Many    dead but losses were light?    How many injured and others    psychologically scared for life?    What does civilians know of    grunts daily strife? Far away and    easy to put out of mind, but what    about home town homeless or are    you blind? Step over needy but    to girls scouts you are kind! Some    one like you is easy to find, take a    road that does not wind!      Things are looking up! We can see    bottom from begger's tin cup! Put    away carving knife, don't have to eat    your kid's pup!    GEORGE ORWELL LIVES! in the    media's inkwell! Is there a truth they    will never tell, did Quasimoto really    ring that bell? How far has Fourth    Estate fell? For bigger pay personal    integerity they did sell! When listening    to Fox News do you hear that smell?      Search for the truth is an excuse never    to impliment practical solution! Biggest    barricade to change is "what about our    great grandchildren and pollution?"    GEORGE ORWELL IS ALIVE AND WELL!    It is not hard to see and easier to retell!                        Barry McChangky

IT'S ALL OVER NOW....

Remember good old days    of Disney World and flying    around the nation, now you    are in a different situation.    One more after another    investigation, sending out    knucklehead politicians to    create new legislation! BUT    it;s all over now Baby Boomer!      Heard Wall Street was coming    apart and thought rumor, was    not a spike but a tumor! Will    Obama be like Clinton and    need his afternoon-er? Will    economy come back later or    sooner? Was that Soylent    Green or Sushi ala Tuna?    It's all over now Baby Boomer!      Refuse to retire want to work    forever, in position NOW to    choose when to pull lever.   Thought you would retire young    when older and more clever!    Things did not work out in all of    your endeavors, after wedding    night bride told you never! But    you were so younger and clever,    it's all over now Baby Boomer.      Spend your last days in hospital    with that tumor, while family    gathers with every old rumor!    Rather die NOW than sooner!    Still watching TV with analog    tuner, it's all over now Baby Boomer!            Barry McChangky

OUT OF MY HEAD....

Going out of my head,    can't sleep at night.    Tried with a new bed,    worked only very slight.    Called expert named Fred,    said it was the demons    of the night. Next time I    sleep will be when dead.    When there is too much    fright, you may need a med.    Should I go strong or lite,    or while hiding in a shed?    Could it be bug that took bite,    or reindeer pulling that sled?    OR, am I just going out of my    head? Has it been where life    has lead, or seen too many in    on life who bleed? Does life    hang by more than a thread?    Why complain when under both    arms are loafs of bread? What    has become your greatest dread?    Still talking about all the books    you read, still looking for answers    when enough has been said?    Are you looking for black gold in    ground like your IDOL Jed? Do    you cringe at bloody accident or    bottom line when seeing color RED?    So you think McChangky may be    going out of his head? or going on    one more trip?             Barry McChangky

TWO BONG TOKER...

I'm a two bong toker,    baby come roll all over me!    I'm a two bong toker,    can't use this face for poker.    I'm a two bong toker,    rather spend my money than    give to greedy broker!      Let me make this plain,    never will find me on a    cross country bus, may    take a non stop plane,    but if you need me baby    look on an Amtrak train!    I'm a two bong toker, baby    come roll all over me!      I'm a two bong toker    thinking about going over    great lake or inland sea,    Nova Scotia this time of year    may be place to be. Get my    passport by paying a fee, go    to Bar Harbor Maine for ferry    to where Yarmouth be. Hitch    to Halifax to see what there    may be to see! Maybe find a    cute Scoitian to  play her banjo     on my knee! Tell her I am a    Two bong toker, baby    come roll all over me!    I'm a two bong toker, some    call me The Amtrak Stoker!    It is Sunday and today am the    Sunday Joker!         Barry McChangky

WHEN JACK COMES......

When Jack comes marching    home again, Herer, Herer!    Will fill bong bowl with Jack,    who at Gettysburg held off an    enemy attack! Turned on or    back many but captured the    enemy! They say with one    spliff, turned twenty of enemy    real stiff! Herer! Herer!    When Jack comes marching    home again, Herer! Herer!    We'll all turn out to jump and    shout, put down plenty of stout,    Drink and smoke to Jack,    take home some in a sack,    if you put it down don't turn    your back! Herer! Herer!            Barry McChangky

NEW ON THE MENU!

Just below the    Shrimp Kung Pao,    Chicken Kung Pao,    Pork Kung Pao,    Not the Mao Kung Pao,    recipe not in the Bronx Tao!    So tasty, so good chef came    out to take a bow! Creamy    sauce from California Happy Cow!    Truth is can't tell you how! But I    will tell you right no! It is the new    SOYLENT GREEN KUNG PAO!    Only best parts of sow you slept    with! Think I am starting a myth?    Well I may need to take the fifth    or drink a fifth or only eat one fifth!       As you walk down streets crowded    with the masses, see things never    learned in classes. Today would    die for taste of molasses, not what    as food today passes!      Who's afraid of the lousy food, no    good air and so many in despair?    Have you got some room to share?          Barry McChangky

DURING THE NIGHT...

After we all went to    Sleep! Sleep! Sleep!    Under darkness what came    into our lives going    Creep! Creep! Creep!    Birds of the morning going    Peep! Peep! Peep!    Car alarms going off saying    Beep! Beep! Beep!    Woman looking in my window    is NOT a Creep! Creep! Creep!    Depth of economic crisis is    Deep! Deep! Deep!    Obama like the old boss is now    leading us around like    Sheep! Sheep! Sheep!    Unlike birds we don't make a    Peep! Peep! Peep!    How long will Salt of the Earth have    to Weep? Weep? Weep?    Going forward together takes a great    Leap! Leap! Leap! of human hope    that can be seen lying in one heap!       Paranoia is setting in, put down that    bottle of gin! When you don't feel    lucky you can never win! So spend    money on another sin! Don't go and    kick Superman in the shin, nor try    to rustle Rin Tin Tin! Never pick a    fight with Ho Chi Minh, or gamble    until you need cup of tin! Never lie to    policeman after he checked your VIN!    Just take your ticket on the chin! If    your sky is blue and eating well, where    the hell have you been?              Barry McChangky

ROCKY MOUNTAIN VEGETARIAN!

Vegetarians eat all that    is green, fruit and all they    can in between, Cattle and    their young eat it, too!    Feeding your children food    that feeds our traditional    food is a sin! Look it up!      Amtrak has smaller portions    and charge more for Iowa    Corn Fed Iron Steaks! YEAH!    Now maybe you drive a car    with Corn-O-lean, making sure    mixture is lean! Railroad Tanks    full of Corn Syrup, for your hair!    Cattle are circling calf's warning    them to be aware, humans will    NEVER LEARN TO SHARE!      Traveling up and over snow    covered Rocky Mountains, I    can hear John in back round    as we pass through Denver!    Train slowly pulling out of    station, I turn my attention    to fresh spring spinach salad,    creamy blue cheese dressing    running into walnuts. Second    bottle of Red Red Wine, kind    you buy with change, Slowly    it will change way mountains    looked earlier. Slowly chewing    in small pieces my underfed    Iowa Corn fed Iron Steak!    Making short work of the steak,    decided to take a break, one    more bottle of Red Red Wine!    Not Man oh Manochevitz! That    wine makes one whine! Mine    that lets those red wine lines    pour on out! Waiter said that was    WONDERFUL TALK AND JIVE!    Later realized it was Jackson! not    a $five!      STOP VEGETARIANS NOW!    LET THE CATTLE FEAST!    CORN MAKES GREAT STEAKS!    and on the cob bar b qued!           Barry McChangky

FROM SOUTH BRONX!

Everyone is speaking her name,    being named for South Bronx    Hall of Fame! Yes there is also    Hall of Shame but she is not    the one blame!    As assistant D.A. gave criminals    no wiggling play, made all the    bad guys pay and pay! Appointed    now forever to stay!    Never received anything on silver    platter, pulled herself up judicial    ladder! Why she brings so much    to this game, she's from the South    Bronx! and your not! In the Scrolls    of the Bronx Tao it is written, "It is    not where you started or when one    departed. It is that you are here to    read this today!"             Barry McChangky

YOU CAN'T DIE EVEN....

You can't die if    you really want!    You can't die if    you really want!    You may try!    Try! and Try!    THEY will stop    you first! Even    with hold water not    to quench your thirst!      Mom and child went on    the run, not for amusement    or to sit in the sun! Of YOUR    treatment, we will have none!    Rather die from Micky D Fat    on a bun, with YOUR methods    we are done.      Judge said," NO you are not!    Get your ass back here with    the little snot! Life goes on    whether you like it or not!"    Now the ill are on the spot,    what will happen or what will    not! Does it matter when told    you can't fire another shot!    "Put your hands up against wall,    don't you think you can stall!"    Now child begins to bawl!    Media there acting small!      You can't die if    you really want!    You can't die if    you really want!    You may try!    Try! and Try!    THEY will stop    you first! Give you    water to quench    the thirst!      Back in court, what will be next.    media waiting to begin to text!    Judge's position has been flexed!    Defense will have to rest!    What defense will be best?    Family wishes being put to test!    Where is Robert Young and Father    Knows Best? Deciding when, how to    DIE should not lead to an arrest!             Barry McChangky

LIKE A ROLLING CLONE!

Dealing drugs out on street,    looking every way for next    cop on the beat! Never knew    when to take a seat, never    cared about Mom's heartbeat!    Ready to run and win any    race heat, doing it 24/7 and    in cold, rain, snow and sleet.    Think your tough with long    petty item rap sheet! At top    your known as "Green Meat!"    Mama said you would steal    color red from the beet! But    all your back slapping buds    say you are neat! That makes    you just one more temporarily    know, later to be a complete    unknown, a Rolling Clone!      Jumped up and grabbed with    talons the first bone! Took it    it all even a stone! Made fool    of many who wear dunce cone!    Unlike Stalin you will die alone!    Helped your family then said it    was a lone, no one calls you on    the telephone! You have reaped    what you have sown! making you    one more Rolling Clone! Like all    lemmings following without need    to be shown, Like a Rolling Clone!      Times have changed and life is    pretty hard, forgot to keep a hole    card? Can you recite poetry good    as the Bard? Can you produce    butter or even lard? What can you    do that is not being done, like going    out and having fun? Before taking    your life using a gun, check out just    how far you can run! May end up    somewhere tanning under the sun!    or find yourself eating borscht on a    seedless hamburger bun! Life is    good and life is bad! Every once in a    while you find yourself sad! So What!      Just like lemmings going over cliff,    everything hitting bottom is eaten or    will become very stiff! If you believe     in now can you believe a myth? Sure!    Because you are a Rolling Clone!    Fifteen Minutes you were known!    Rest of life complete unknown!    With lots of company because you    are all fellow knuckleheads known as    THE ROLLING CLONES!     All have a common jones!     Want to be well known!     All have heard your moans!     Like black and white without     any tone!! Sorry to tell you     Baby Boomers have made sure     your future is blown! EVERYONE     will be a ROLLING CLONE!         Written in the Scrolls of the Bronx Tao,    " One becomes the same by being different!     When two become different they become    one and the same!"  Barry McChangky

GIANT GNATS CIRCLING!

GIANT GNATS CIRCLING    ten by ten! Giant gnats are    circling ten by ten! Where    do you find Giant Gnat    Holding Pen?     Yardbirds hanging out nine    by nine. Yardbirds hanging    out nine by nine! Don't walk    across that yard or step over    very solid white line.      Patients on mental wards now    eight by eight! Patients on the    mental wards eight by eight!    Cheapest way to rehabilitation    is to sedate! Do you know what    was your grandmother's fate?      Angels flocking seven by seven!    Angels flocking seven by seven!    High holy days are coming, have    you got your seat in heaven?       Vultures on the wing six by six!    Vultures on the wing six by six!    Government knuckleheads are    over filling the mix, don't want    to be fired or told "Good night,    Dicks!"  Has anyone seen or    heard from bald headed Mister    KashinandCarry?      Guys singing on my corner are    five by five! Guys singing on the    corner five by five! All must love    each other talking that "yo mama"    jive! Always new kid on block    when last to arrive!      Four by four they came through    my front door! Four by four they    came through my front door!    Had no warrant to find evidence    galore, like Alice's Restaurant will    later be found in Hippy Folk Lore!    Like soup I am all d'jour!      Gang in the alley three by three!    Gang in the alley three by three!    Looking real sinister are they all    just waiting for me? Want to rob    honey from me, Mister B? Well    pardner, that just ain't going to be!      Couple in the chapel two by two!    Couple in the chapel two by two!    This is first time they met since    the Internet, that this works out is    one hell of a bet! But you know    those kids when they have heart    set, just help with the debt!      Here I am one by one!    Here I am one by one!    Sitting here rhyming is so much    fun! So much Fun! So much fun!    Here I am rhyming,    Some say like Paul Simon,    rather be Weird Al or other    guy, Rapping Rhyman Hyman!               Barry McChangky

I WAS.........

I was water boarded,    got the bends,    I was water boarded,    got the bends,    during the act no one    pretends, When THEY    were done made no    amends.    I was water boarded,    got the bends,    I was water boarded,    got the bends, must    have won reality show    because I have been    seen driving new black    sleek Benz!    I was water boarded,    got the bends, torture is    to what it lends! Rules    are made to be enforced,    and sometimes bend. At    this juncture YOU are one    who will continue to send,    one more generation into    hamburger blend!      I was water boarded,    got the bends, like always    "it all depends!" We will do    this or we will not do that,    can you smell terror or can    your cute little cat? Can you    again sit where you sat?    Who will decide if we do this    or we do that? Who gets to    look through rose colored glass?             Barry McChangky

DAILY NEWS....

Here comes tomorrow    bringing today's news.    can you find facts among    the Orwellian clues?    Did you make difference    today or cry the blues?    Were you short on patience    then blew a fuse, or pointed    finger and said, "I accuse!"    As a child did you learn    first hand about abuse? Did    parents fight because one    ran around loose? Is it true    your grand daddy died at the    end of a noose? Was that your    family portrait or bunch of moose?       North Korea still at war they only    agreed to seize fire or a truce, I    think we should send food like    the Canadian Goose! If we are    still engaged in "wars out there",    why release prisoners who have    warned us, "You Better Beware!"    Leave them in Sherwood Forest    with a hungry bear, let them wait    for Robin Hood to rescue from    despair! Do judges sit on the high    court or just a high chair? I thought    their position was to make every    thing clear? Why does half of us    cheer, other half jeer? Lets go to    the tavern and all cry in our beer!    Need to all come together NOW    to end Orwellian fear, if you love    and hold Alice dear!              Barry McChangky

ON THE STOVE....

ANYTIME, 1966    Darkness of no moon    patrol night, damp air    carrying fear covered    in fright. Booby traps    well hidden from sight,    waiting for some one to    take a bite, back home    foods hot on the stove.      One more long night    that will turn into day,    how many shots to be    fired along jungle way?    In rice a paddy hiding    away, lighting in sky    makes fine display.    War is war! Never a game.    No place for children to    life make a claim! Hear    whistle of incoming rocket    that brings out fingers that    point out blame! All agree    one more, what a shame!    Happened yesterday just    the same, back home, food's    hot on the stove.      Lifted away from site of fight,    lasted well into last night.    Kept on coming until first light,    cloud cover keeping it from    getting bright. All trying to put    Charlie in their sight, get even    for buddy lost last night! Then    deafness of silence grips all    on the battle field, sun is up and    in our eyes. That Charlie may be    coming is of no surprise, try to    take us like winning prize! All our    weapons come alive, making sure    those out there no longer will be    alive. Take no prisoners, none are    to survive! Back home, food's hot    on the stove.      Looking back on this Memorial Day,    remembering dues we all did pay. I    never learned why anyone will pray,    what would Dirty Harry say, but go    ahead knucklehead, make my day!    In the endless moment of battle    field time, here I sit writing endless    rhyme. I near the end, they in prime!    But we all know, back home, food's    hot on the stove!           Barry McChangky

SOME.....

There are some that    will always stand up    for time at bat.    There are some that    are skinny and there    are some that are fat.    There are some that    care less about you    or the family pet rat.    There are some that    will stand and fight,    There are some that    will tell you, you have    no right. There are some    that will always hide out    of sight.There are some    that always take too big    a bite!       Do you want to be last man    standing or first to safety?    Do you want tomorrow to be    better than today? Do you    look other way at sight of decay?    Do you want to starve or eat fish    caught in San Francisco Bay?    Do you want, Do you want to    Dance and hold my hand?    Fall in love at your command!    Make me your favorite member    of a hot band, Go to Aruba with    me to lay on golden sand!        Here I am in comfort of home,    thousands of soldiers wondering    "when will we be sent home?"    Have enough hair for use of comb,    while on night patrol our soldiers    continue to roam. They shave dry    while I use hot foam! ARE YOU    GETTING POINT IN THAT EMPTY    DOME? While we have fun and Pope    sits in Rome, OUR soldiers are out    there somewhere fighting for us one    more Orwellian battle, even though    we all are more or less cattle!    On beast of burden we put a saddle,    riding off to fight next battle! Honest    citizens get fired if they tattle, Obama    is still somewhere between fiddle    and faddle! While our soldiers go ever    deeper into the existential night......             Barry McChangky

NORTH KOREA........

North Korea has a rocket,    North Korea has a bomb,    North Korea has everyone    up in alarm! Are they busy    bluffing or mean to do harm?    Do they look at power as a    lucky charm? If WE don't    feed them will it break our    Memorial Morning calm?    Current view is anyone can    hold Alice in their palm, left    coast would treat them like a    school ma'rm. Are we ready to    say goodbye to the farm?            Barry McChangky

HOT DOGS!

Woke up this morning with    hots dogs on the mind, hope    there won't be much nitrates,     they can make one blind.    Love Shack Hot Dogs will be    something to look back on    just to remind,      There is Love Shack Chris who    treats all patients kind, O'Sunshine    at the door making believe there is    something on his mind. Better than    Love Shack quality one will not find,    even handicapped up for the wheel    chairs and the blind! It was planned    this way up front, not hindsight from    behind! Can take his word like a    contract just signed, helps out THIS    disabled vet all the time! Helped me    into old age right out of my prime! No    I don't see that as a crime, celebrate    Memorial Day with Cape Coder and    lime! and eat one hot dog at a time!              Barry McChangky

BIG FAKE INTERNATIONAL!

We had the Kentucky Derby,    and the Preakness, too. Now    is time of long distance for    those that can go distance!      On traditional day before    The Belmont, It is time for    Local Big Fake International!    Stakes are so economically    high it is way beyond fiance!    Make sure you have tickets to    Show Me You How To Steal     Ball! Race will begin when    you hear "The Starter's Call!"      Three horse entry from the    ItisMineNotyourstreasury    Stables, with handlers back    home in Washington, D.C.    1. PAULson, ancient roan, with        ancient victories to credit.   1a.Benhur Necki, came late to        majors and weight of previous        boss too much weight for any       one beast of burden!   1b.KashinandCarry, shining baldy new        on the scene to take punches for top        guy. Has not been to workouts!             Three horse entry from America's      Immoral Greed Stables. All three      are of European "handlers?"    2. Bank of England, lightly raced         over the centuries but is in way        over its very white head now.   2a.Bank of France, HA! HA!   2b.Bank of Germany, has not raced        since surviving very competitive        racing against Russians at place        Trusk. Can dig in deep!         Also from Europe in a place called       Parts Unknown are owner's stable.    3. European DisUnionist, same old        story from same mysterious owners.        Twelve year old has won one who          knows where or when?    4.Maddoff Connection, forty year old       buck who will find how tough that        guy named Buck is! Has a proven       record of "GOING THE DISTANCE!"       Winning that Handicaps $500,000,       000,000,000.oo    5.Salt of the Earth, hometown favorite        in somebody's hometown.Can also        be tough when going gets tough!       Usually down the inside rail, slowly.    6.Mob Rules, very tough horse with       D.C. connections, NOT instructions       for a board game! Will BUST OUT       of the gate to the front!    7.Ray O'Sunshine, seven year old       "champion" in the off season. The       rumor is "he is fit, very well trained       but may have problem climaxing       at this distance! Has luck of Peter       Pan and will never grow up!     8. Huckster, been around a long, long        time, must bet one that tells you he        can't then shows you why he can!    9, McChangky, will saunter out of the        gate and come very, very late! Will        pass all when he begins to laugh...  10. Honest Sheila Bair, wonderfully       educated, hard working and most       HONEST PHIILY OR PERSON       in all of Washington, D.C. May       go out or come off the pace but       IT ALL WILL BE HONEST!            COMING SOON! ODDS AND         VERY PRECISE HANDICAPPING         TIPS (not from a moil) AND HOW         TO WIN AT THE RACES, EVERY          DAY! 24/7! Send money to              Barry McChangky

FOX NEWS.....

FOX NEWS!    Gives you all right    wing views, they get    to pick and choose.    Box scores that don't    tell you who wins or    lose, just want to start    your day singing blues!    Finding their facts takes    number of clues, just to    make us pay some dues.    Tell a phony story to get    us on booze, or angry to    blow a fuse!      It's so easy, so easy!    Fox News to be sleazy!    Bring in Carl Rove to    retell tales he wove!    Will tell you what you    wish to hear, so you    don't cry in your beer!    But won't stop sending    out fear, show pictures    of dead Bambi the deer.    With Repubs in office    turned world into cream    cheese smear,can't even    smell them, they won't let    you get near!      Bosnia and Gitmo go to show    how how far media will not go,    make it easy on them, first    name must be Clem! Don't see    into their dreams because they    have no R.E.M.! Make it into a    sound bite, so they have less to    write! Want to hide facts out of    sight, tough questions will make    media types uptight! Don't matter    left or right, they all want to get    first bite, then tell all I have the    might! Tossing around old bad    news thinking they are a muse!    Don't have to agree or not, one    has right to totally refuse! So be    careful of what you hear and use,    someone is waiting just to sue!      It's so easy to do Fox News, they    are on Sunday T.V. and not in     church pews! Tell you straight or    tell you lie, won't make difference    to those that die! They look at Alice    as one big pie, do dirty tricks like    send in a spy! When caught they say    "oh! my, my! Drink cheap stuff we all    call rye, understand Fox News one    needs frame of reference to apply!             Barry McChangky

GETMO! of what?

GETMO!    New rock group or    Broadway Show?    GETMO!    How fast can prisoner    release flow?    GETMO!    Why did population there    continue to grow? How far    can one person row?    GETMO!    Who is in it for God, nation    or just plain dough?    GETMO!    Is that your sister?    Is that your bro?    One in center with    all natural fro!    One named Jo Alla,    other is Alla Joe!    Who anyone really is    everyone wants to know!    Held under water but    truth did not glow!    GETMO!    If they were not before    arriving will be upon    release, our foe!    When they go home will    they farm with a hoe?    Find and hang out with    Mad Bomber Joe?    Travel to see Alice as fast    and straight as the crow?    GETMO!    What is not in your wallet    is that what you owe?    ROOM IN YOUR HOME    FOR RELEASED PRISONER    FROM GETMO?               Barry McChangky

THE NEW CHINA....

Seven thousand year old    culture has come of age,    buried old philosophers    and The Last Sage!    Against the Law to wear    anything color of beige, or    out of town on next stage!       There are new kids in town!    New kids in town! No one    sure to be happy or put on    No' Drama mask of frown!    KIDS OF THE NOW!    WE'RE KIDS OF THE NOW!    NOT children or grandchildren    of Late Great Chairman Mao!    Ipods for us! Ipods for us!    Have MY own car will never    take the bus! Call me on my    Black Berry, use camera to    snap me playing with a    dingle berry! NO MORE OF    CHAIRMAN MAO! Won't have    one more chopstick of Kung pao!    Got no help from Little Red book    of Chairman Mao, heard there is    a NEW IMPROVED MOVEMENT    humbly called, THE BRONX TAO!      KIDS OF THE NOW! WE ARE    JUST KIDS OF THE NOW!    See no need NOW for pollution    solution, getting theirs NOW is    in the new constitution! Ready to    consume without a contribution!    KIDS OF THE NOW! THEY ARE    KIDS OF THE NOW!    Never knew one end from other    on basic farming plow! Gladly    milk your bull than your cow, this     generation will make Rizzuto jump    from grave screaming, "holy cow!"    Those living "down town" will take    a bow, count their money while    silk wiping their brow! Look!    Who are Kids of the Now?    Competitive to the bone, never will    they again share ice cream cone!    Show up at IHOP all dressed up    and driving block long chrome!    Takes a walk about that will soon    include Rome, with halibut fishing    in Nome! Where they LEND they    will roam! Always dressed to the    deck with bling from neck! More    concerned about cash than human    respect, material goods producing    air continues to infect!                Barry McChangky

REVOLUTION takes RESOLUTION!

SO! You want another    REVOLUTION!    Tired of being lied to    about coming solution?    Do politicians ever give    more than oral pollution?    Some say this, too many    say "it's not in Constitution!"    Never mind that it is an ever    changing social institution!      On the air waves, out in street,    grumblings growing in heat!    Too many see no future, feel    ready to cry defeat! Faces that    are red as a beet, when was last    time you ate fresh meat? Are you    still flexible to give old lady seat?    Many homeless hide identity by    being extremely discreet, some do    live in camps with garbage around    their feet! Some are buried in dirty    white sheet, could not afford heat!       Social workers, politicians and our    police officers everyday walk that    beat. Do they see or watch not to    trip over weary feet? Do they meet    to greet or greet to meet? Will you    invite any over for holiday prime    meat? and here is saying from guy    who is really neat: DON'T FOLLOW    LEADERS! Put in a dime for crime    and become talking parking meters!      SO! You still want REVOLUTION?    SO? You understand like our    forefathers have commitment to    and have RESOLUTION?      Talk is cheap! Don't make a peep!    When you go to war what you sow    will be what you reap! Easy to be    on "right" side standing on human    heap, how far will YOU go before    YOU bolt or leap? or maybe one    more $50,000.00 JEEP!            Barry McChangky

LIKE A ROLLING CLONE!

Oh you just love to hang    out on the street, living on    condiments and green meat!    Asking for money from all    you meet and greet! Change    your ways must hit delete!    Hanging around waiting for    next bone, decided to pick up    and throw that stone! Picked    you up on terrorist battlefield    and you said, "I did it alone!"    Then GUANTANAMO HOME!    Were everything is black and    white but never roan! Where    NO ONE HEARS YOUR MOAN!    Voice has lost all tone! YES!    You are complete unknown!    YOU ARE A ROLLING CLONE!    Gave up sanity for the religious    unknown! Will you get virgins    or your lord's thrown? Are you    angry over Beamer you don't own?    Planted hatred but what have you     sown? Results of your ACTIONS    were all pre-known! That means    YOU ARE A ROLLING CLONE!       Looked for a target at the mall,    liked it so much you had a ball.    Tried all the cigarettes, found    you like Pall Mall, then had a     snapshot in the little stall!    Saw the suffering, heard call.    Watched Mesopotamia take a    great fall, Saddam put up against    the wall. Winter is coming right    after the fall, will you be buying    at The Short or Tall?           Barry McChangky

DO YOU WANT TO DANCE?

Do you want to spend life    always being greedy?    Doing the two step over    the needy? Hanging out    with the seedy? or three    act play called, Sleazy?    Baby, Do you want to dance?      Do you want to dance all night    under the moonlight?    Go to Coney Island for a bite?    Go to D.C. to watch politicians    create fright? Watch them hide    THE TRUTH far out of sight?    HONEST ANSWERS are never    in sight! How many more holes    can you pull belt tight? Do WE    have the Might or be just a mite?    Oh, Baby! Do you want to dance?      Cut down forest for rolling paper    and wood! Are we still cutting more    than ALL of us should? Do you do    right thing or whatever you could?    Do you take sick days just because    you can, go to the beach for your    Hollywood Tan? Count days off to    start the plan, is everything wrong    really caused by the Man?   Oh, Baby! Do you want to dance!      When you went to the dance were    you taken back by Lance? Guy with    holy knees and paint splashed all    over his pants? Hardly baths but    from crevices grows plants! Tells    you few do's but too many cant's!    Thinks moving on up is trading    tin for silver cup, can't feed himself    but has a pup! Never moved on    forward but EVERYONE ELSE IS    REALLY, REALLY CORRUPT!    Oh, Baby! Do you want to dance?      Would you trade this life to go live    where there is REAL strife?    Is that inconvenience in your life    the ones called kids and wife?    Do you need to carry that knife in    case you want slice of life?    OH, BABY! YOU HAD YOUR DANCE!             Barry McChangky

WHAT'S GOOD FOR ALICE IS...

Heard a new line today.    by tomorrow will hear    all say, What is GOOD    for Alice is good for GM!    Now is time to blame them,    to blame them! Now is the    time to blame them, skip    to the blues GM!      Will stock brokers go to jail,    go to jail, go to jail? Will any    stock brokers go to jail, will    any be visited by lovers to    see lovers shit in a pail?    Shit in a pail? Will lovers go    see lovers to shit in the pail,    money in end will never fail!    For enough money politicians    will wipe your tail, spin a tale!    Politicians for enough money    will turn up with bail, then go    away with you on a sail! Hope    no one is on your trail or plan    like GM is bound to fail!      Chrysler is sick and frail,    sick and frail! sick and frail!    Chrysler management has no    one to hail, no one to hail!    Chrysler management goes to    Chippendale's, Chippendale's,    Chippendale's! Checking out    units size of whales!      Obama in White House with the kids,    Obama in White House with the kids,    Pelosi and Reed are taking bids,    taking bids, taking bids! How much to    tack on pot lids, tack on pot lids?    How much tax on a pot lid shows    no longer can hide medicinal pot    secret that was SOOO well hid!    Shows how far economy and integrity    has slid, when morals and standards    are up for bid!      Will more politicians go to jail?    Go to Jail? Will more politicians    go to jail or look around Alice for    more oil from shale? Ruin land of    Roy and Dale, Roy and Dale!    Ruin land of Roy and Dale then    give back at pace of the snail!    Will we give tax thieves chance    to go free? to go free? to go free?    When found guilty should Maddoff    be set free? make a pardon plea?    Locked in jail with pet flea? Go to    law school for legal degree? Make    him listen 24/7 to only ME?              Barry McChangky

ODE TO PEPI....

Since we have not seen Pepi,    Florida Street is no longer hell,    walk around neighborhood and    won't find after drug smell!    Tide will again rise, not to    anyones surprise. But not long    ago block was in demise!      Many look other way, some try    to turn other cheek! But it is time    take back block for children, salt    of the earth and the meek!    Yuppy heaven is not what I seek,    don't want human animals on my    stoop taking a leak! When many    stand together none will be weak,    look out YOUR window for one    more freak! They are not discussing    S.A.T. scores, among not one geek!    Working hard all day to take DRUG    PROFITS TO THE PEAK!      You may or may not agree, in the    land of Alice nothing comes free!    HOW we live is WHO we be!    Take hands from pockets and    stop saying "Oh gee!"    Not asking you to go to Gettysburg    nor march south with General Lee.    I like San Francisco Living, and I    absolutely refuse to flee! Will go on    vacation some where over the sea,    going just to see what I can see!    Then I return to where I want to    live and breath!              Barry McChangky

I'M JUST RHYMING HYMAN!

Did you go right,    right, right?    Did you turn right,    right, right?    Did you vote right,    right, right?    Can you write, write    write? Put words    together that have some    might, might, might?    Will you stand up during    light of day and darkness    of the night?    Will you give the hungry a    bite, bite, bite? even when    you are tight, tight, tight?    In your neighborhood is    there a homeless site, site,    site? or to see this daily YOU    appetite? Maybe too much    FRIGHT! FRIGHT! FRIGHT!    Take off the edge with cold    BUD LITE! LITE! LITE!    Could you turn on all those    electronic devices if Uncle    Benji never flew a KITE! KITE!    KITE! Way up in storm filled sky    after his bite of Alice's apple pie,    for the Revolution he was willing    to die, now sunshine patriots with    battle cry, "tomorrow will come by    and by, why be in rush when others    can die! After all, is it 'the truth' or    one more convenient lie?"      One has power to decide about word    "might", I might use my might and    then again I might not! Don't want the    credit just say I forgot, even when you    arrived at this spot right on the dot!    How you act and what you don't say,    about you says an awful lot! You are a    better person for paying more retail    then purchasing off back of truck hot!    Sealed With A Gift could be honest    and could be not, always want to do    RIGHT THING than what you can    GET AWAY WITH!                 Barry McChangky

MORE! IT'S NOT SO EASY!

IT'S NOT SO EASY TO    live your life, all those    exterior forces causing    strife! What goes first    your life or wife?    It's not easy!    Not easy!    No! No! No!    How many times must you    be told no, before you get    point and begin to glow?    Does the river run or does    it flow, do people flow or    do they run? Never know    till the end how much fun!    NO! IT'S NOT EASY TO    continue on, when all YOU    know is gone! In tough times    find a Rabbi or a Don! Last    place for privacy is not a john!    Put your quarters in, find out    it is all a con. Ask a Rasta and    hear, "well yeaaaaaaah, mon!"    It's not easy! not easy! no! no! no!    Don't live in the East if you don't    like the snow, from politicians it    will always blow! Water talking    head and watch Chipeta-head grow!    How can one believe if you don't    know, maybe a vaudville show?    Frame of reference to measure    what you hear with what you know!    Take good look! Is it bird, or fast    flying young black crow? Do you    want to be Curly, Larry or Moe?    SO? IT'S NOT EASY TO    Make your

MORE! IT'S NOT SO EASY!

IT'S NOT SO EASY TO    live your life, all those    exterior forces causing    strife! What goes first    your life or wife?    It's not easy!    Not easy!    No! No! No!    How many times must you    be told no, before you get    point and begin to glow?    Does the river run or does    it flow, do people flow or    do they run? Never know    till the end how much fun!    NO! IT'S NOT EASY TO    continue on, when all YOU    know is gone! In tough times    find a Rabbi or a Don! Last    place for privacy is not a john!    Put your quarters in, find out    it is all a con. Ask a Rasta and    hear, "well yeaaaaaaah, mon!"    It's not easy! not easy! no! no! no!    Don't live in the East if you don't    like the snow, from politicians it    will always blow! Water talking    head and watch Chipeta-head grow!    How can one believe if you don't    know, maybe a vaudville show?    Frame of reference to measure    what you hear with what you know!    Take good look! Is it bird, or fast    flying young black crow? Do you    want to be Curly, Larry or Moe?    SO? IT'S NOT EASY TO    Make

IT'S NOT EASY.....

IT'S NOT EASY TO    get back up, end of    arm now a tin cup.    IT'S NOT EASY TO    find new way, but    afternoon delight in    bed you stay! Waiting    for sun up but not the    first ray.    IT'S NOT EASY TO    crawl your way out,    but you earn right to    jump and shout! Go    all the way to end of    twelve round bout!    IT'S NOT EASY TO    stay alive, all red tape    tied with too much jive!    Stick ball in hoop for    round of high five, how    does that help others    barely staying alive?    IT'S NOT EASY TO    find good job, but don't    go join The Mob, in end    one more selfish slob!    Try to make a social    contribution like movie,    The Blob!    IT'S NOT EASY TO    be myself, but try to    find anything in some    one else! Talk is cheap,    action is real, do you read    or just watch old news reel?    IT'S NOT EASY TO    live in one place, always one    neighbor who is a disgrace.    Not one in window wearing    low cut, well fitted black lace!     Knucklehead with eight kids    who loves to get in your face!    IT'S NOT EASY TO    do the time if you get caught    every single time! Never will    be faster than in your prime,     add to Cape Coder slice of    lime! Then slouch in chair and    write some rhyme!     IT'S NOT EASY TO    live out every day, spend time    crying down at dock of San    Francisco Bay. Watch ocean's    ebb and tide before running    away to hide! When heading    for home remember to slide!    Never give credibility unless    ready to fully confide, and    that will never come easy!           Barry McChangky

UNDER MY BOARDWALK.....

UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    where we looked through    cracks at the sun,    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    we expressed our love on    blackened wood in white chalk,    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    where we explored each other    after small talk,    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    where I fell for you and you    threw a balk,    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    filling holes in our lives with    human chalk, put note in    empty wine bottle then a cork!    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    I called you sweety and you    called me Dork,    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    went to Chinese restaurant for    kosher pork, then Italian food    with red wine talk!    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    we ate ice cream on hot day    sharing a fork, while others    gathered just to gawk!    UNDER MY BOARDWALK,    YOU were the prey, me the Hawk!    Then you taught me how to    ratchet up the torque! All of this    UNDER MY BOARDWALK!            Barry McChangky

YOUR IN DEMAND....

YOUR IN DEMAND!    YOUR IN DEMAND!    Is that not what    you had planned?    Studied instrument for    place in the band, do    you like food east coast    spicy or California bland?      YOUR IN DEMAND!    YOUR IN DEMAND!    Do you work one day    for less than a grand,    look other way or take    a firm stand? Work hard    to have yourself fanned,    or at beach in ones face    kick some sand? Buy a    logo or well made brand,    are you so offensive that    YOU should be banned?      YOUR IN DEMAND!    YOUR IN DEMAND!    Believe you will live    forever so bought an    extra gland, showed    it off at party thinking    you were just grand!    Life is short but the    medical bills are long,    will you pay them off    with soft shoe and song?    In wanting to out live ALL    others there is something    very wrong, life has lots    of quality when young and    strong. How much resources    can one yahoo use up before    HE SAYS SOOOOO LONG?            Barry McChangky

RETIRE?

Signed a contract with    one lying louse, turned    out you lost your house.    kids are gone and lost    your spouse, home is    quiet without a mouse,    BUT you want to NOW    go and retire, will you    pay for house by setting    on fire, wait forever for    right or just any buyer?       Here comes some news    it is hot off the wire,    everywhere you look there    is one more crier,    can you find anywhere    that life is not dire,    will you buy a front or a    top loading dryer? BUT    you NOW want to retire!      Did you hide money off    shore like Bugsy and Myer,    or under the cloak of a    religious friar, or protect    yourself with Paladin,    Gun for Hire? YOU SAID    you saved millions but are    you NOW a liar? Will anyone    take credit for being your sire?    BUT you want to retire!      You lost your hair but still carry    THAT comb, even though head    shines brighter than dome!    Want to leave country but don't    know Nome from Rome,    If your that angry at mouth you    will foam, better take long walk    some call To Roam! Cheaper to    walk than drive surrounded by    ALL THAT CHROME! and you    WANT TO RETIRE!      Give up comfort, convenience, the    car and credit card, too! This is    only very first clue! Sure you did    work hard and want YOUR due!    Didn't you pay penalty for early    money you drew, sent it on to    Wall Street where you blew?    Is retirement like Old Lady who    lived in a shoe? with her dog    Tide who lived there too?    Ready to give up steak for some    delicious Beggar's Stew?      Willing retirement is now few,    many lost plenty, looking to sue,    to hold on to your money invest    in Elmer's Glue! Don't buy stocks    called Pigs Fly, Swine Flew!    Make sure cash cow can really    go moo, those in early ALWAYS    KNEW! but they need NEW    money so they LOOKED and yes    FOUND YOU!      Don't retire unless on the horizon    is those that lead and inspire,    world is not doing well in it's entire,    sorry to sound like The Town Crier!    Time to dig in, deeper.              Barry McChangky

AND I'M BUSTED!

Slept too much last night    got up in a crawl,felt kicked    around like I was in a brawl,    no money in my pockets but    never made it to the mall,    tried to get there but car was    in the gear stall, born way    short with no chance to get tall,    AND I'M BUSTED!      Woke up during thought I was    Bogey with Bacall, or Desi and    Lucy Ball. Heard phone ring    but there was no call, things are    tight but not yet up against wall!    Working real hard no to go in to    free fall, don't need a lot just a    small haul, don't need to be rich    like Beatles called Paul! Just    smoked my last Pall Mall, and    NOW I'M BUSTED!      Had a great manhood but now    feel rusted, sometimes my hair    feels encrusted, washed it and    turned out to be mustard! But I'm    not complaining because I am    eating very well, hear tone of a    bell, smart enough not to take    part in William Tell, like my rent    won't tell landlord to go to hell!    Don't have valuables or anything    to sell, show up first to eat at the    sound of dinner bell, like my hair    without any gel! Know better than    to go back to the well, but in end    there is only this thought to tell,    AND I'M BUSTED!                  Barry McChangky

I WOKE UP THIS MORNING....

Woke up this morning with    many things on my mind.    Looked in mirror realized    I must be blind, last time    I looked to see if in a bind!    Always nice to treat yourself    kind, not to point of fear of    what you may find!      Woke up this morning looking    around for another way, like it    says in The Bronx Tao all must    someday go Find The Bronx Way!    Comfort of bed creeps deep into    every day, not even partners for    one more most excellent lay!    Dirt on your knees hopefully    speaks that you really pray!    No matter how much one hopes    all sooner or later must pay, so    stop hiding and jump into the fray!      Woke up this morning thought about    leaving town, can ride Amtrak and be    poet or a clown. Make someone happy    who is wearing a frown. I eat caramels    when I feel down, or take them when    out with O'Sunshine on the town!    Out in public he never wears a gown,    only at home when looking up one    more noun! Once went swimming but    did not know word drown, if there is a    pro is there an anti noun?      Woke up this morning seeing another    fine day, saw the news reminded of all    political and economic decay! Some    are happy and some are gay, some    call it "roan" when going gray! WHAT    are you going to do today? Look for    THAT job which will really pay?    Try to find another way to continue    to live where you stay? READ the    Bronx Tao to find a COOPERATIVE    WAY?       You may go on COMPETITING to    launch upward on success ladder,    live under stress of losing things    that do matter! In the end do you    want to be next batter? Are you    eating cheap and getting fatter?    All is fried covered with batter!    Are you one more victim turned    into data, or did life shatter    when failing to get part of the    Mad Hatter?             Barry McChangky

LIFE'S A DREAD MILL.....

Life's a dread mill spinning    us around and round, don't    talk back or make a sound.    Take your losses or watch    debtor's jail come around!    Sun will rise again in the east    as world continues to spin    round and round. Throw a    party when new job is found,    like the spinning wheel going    round and round.      GOOD NEWS! BAD NEWS!    It don't matter as we all have    to pay some dues! Put on Elvis    singing Heartbreak Hotel Blues,    while you go on blowing a fuse!    Retirement Benefits Guarantee    Corporation can't meet obligation    to guarantee! Only thirty billion!    Good news is not a trillion!       Is your life spinning around?    Can't find direction are you now    homeless bound? In hard times    politicians don't come around,    have plenty for themselves and    are no where to be found! GET    off the Dread Mill your not chased    by a hound, don't hide head in    termite mound! Better times won't    be soon but are bound! Dig in    deeper to stop slide into debt and    don't think twice it's all right! Try    to sleep deep into the night as in    morning maybe the times will be    a-changing!      Spinning around on the Dread Mill,    don't think of failure or writing out    last will. CONGRESS IS COMING!    Have brand new bill! Take us deeper    until there is Nil, like horse with a    broken leg after the spill! When oh    when will Alice's children have their    fill of putting their hands so deep into    next generation's till? Who can ever    pay the baby Boomer's Tax Bill?             Barry McChangky

LOVE SHACK CHRIS!

LOVE SHACK CHRIS!    Man who knows how    to take a risk, but never    ever hit or miss.    LOVE SHACK CHRIS!   Treats all neighbors very    well, would never dis.    To all he is more than kind,    helps physically challenged    to include the blind! Knows    the way as well as his mind.    LOVE SHACK CHRIS!    Threw out lifeline to old bud    Mr. Ray O'Sunshine, who IS    waiting at The Gate for maybe    just the right sign! Feels comfy    as tangerine inside a rind. One    more good fellow to help out in    a bind.    LOVE SHACK CHRIS!    Puts up with The Bird who can    make many hiss, when He is    around go hide your sis! Now    there is Mr. Joe who we all do    know, has easy manner that    just says "so?" Give him rifle    and will shoot Bambi the Doe!    Then with his Guys and Doll's    smile say, "did I do that?" Kind    of guy for friend will go to bat!    LOVE SHACK CHRIS!    Runs smooth operation with    decisions without hesitation.    Always respects idea of total    integration, an idea that needs    to spread all over this nation!    To find his character takes no    investigation, runs legal shop    with San Francisco registration.    Love Shack Chris, best in the    nation and McChangky says all    that without reservation!           Barry McChangky

LILLY OH LILLIAN......

Traveling west on the    California Zephyr,    that is where I met her.    Not only could she hear    but was a great listener!    I spoke and spoke until    my tongue had a blister!    So wonderfully young and    smart it became hard to    resist her! Alice educated    this Burma Star, seeking out    world to travel far.Maybe    to law school and pass the    bar! Glad I was seated in this    Amtrak car, or I would never    have been treated to Lillian,    a most pleasant Burma Star!             GOOD LUCK!            Barry McChangky

THEY ARE SO SLEAZY...

Living in this world will    never again be easy,    keep electing politicians    who are so sleazy!    They are so sleazy,    So sleazy, YEAH!    YEAH! YEAH!    Will living together    ever be easy?      Greenspan, Paulson now    Benicki too! Where or who    taught you to do what you do?    World's economy you all blew,    what is the salt of the earth    going to do? Smartest? guys    in the room, tried to sweep away    problems with lies and a broom!    Unable to tell or know the truth,    began fascist mode predicting    more gloom and doom!    They are so sleazy! So sleazy!    YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!    Expectations will never again    come easy!      Sitting on Amtrak looking out    from the dome, with fellow    travelers on the roam.    Traveling across Alice but not    to Rome, listening to cry babies    who have outlived use of a comb.    Never looking in about their losses,    but blaming others for loss of home!    House should be a home, home     should never just be a house!    Loving your family first will never    make one a louse!      Politicians are so sleazy they should    make you feel uneasy, cold wind now    blowing way beyond being breezy!    The WHO were WRONG, we got    fooled once again, even the Bear    has returned to the den! Do you want    dollars or do you want yen, pull up    your pants and act like men! or go    ahead and cluck just like a hen!    Just stand up and go to The Pen,    tell your own story to the next ten.    In your wallet is there a $100 Ben?       They are so sleazy, Sooo Sleazy!    YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!    When was last time you took up    a dare? or just make yourself happy    at the county fair? Living on Easy    Street will soon be rare, to get to    work make sure you have the fare.    Do you REALLY believe politician's    care, did you go to The Preakness    and bet the mare? Good women    will always get their share, led all    the colts into a snare. Is Obama all    that aware of all those crying out do    you have any change to spare?    It is so easy to turn ones head, or    pulling sheets over your head.    Remember turning other cheek is    NOT the same as looking other way,    spend some time in deep thought,    when sitting at the dock of the bay!    Should be obvious salt of the earth    will pay, maybe dying in war to keep    next depression away! Do you feel    safe where you stay?    They are so Sleazy! So Sleazy!    YEAH! YEAH! YEAH!  Get ready    for extended family living with    good old Grandma Wheeeeezy!               Barry McChangky

GOING TO NEW YORK.........

Going to New York to    have some fun, going    to New York to eat    kosher pork! Chinese    pork brought by kosher    stork! Going to New York    where there is no dork,    open up champagne by    popping a cork! Where    many eat without knife    and fork, nobody watches    the spaceman Mork!      Going to Monticello to    not just to gamble, over    to Gettysburg I will ramble.    Check out spot Grandpa Abe    took a hit, blue coats over    running putting Abe in deep    shit! Fell with bodies on him    to bottom of pit, climbed out    of grave due to lousy fit!    In POW Camp for rest of war    he did sit, did not chose but    did his bit, but with rest of the    family was not a hit. Came on    over as Jewish Brit, caught in    war like ball in catcher's mitt!    (by the way, that was a Groucho     aside! back to my poem}       Going to eat caramels    They are so much fun!    Hope to bet horses that    I can't out run, take long    walks get lots of sun!    Going eat chicken parm    on real Italian bread, I am    still breathing and pretty far    from dead!    Going eat Magic Honey until    I find everything funny, buy    chicken flavored crackers at    Dollar Tree with little money!    Going to drink Cape Codder    until ready to be front line fodder!    Never bet front running plodder!    If it's a mudda there must be a     fodda!       So I am on my way,     what else is there to say?    Eat ocean going or farm fish    but no longer from any bay.    It's not that you will listen,    certainly not willing to obey,     where ever I go it's never to stay!    Traveling between two places is    far from the fray, leave what you    will behind as I go on to play!                HAPPY TRAILS!               Barry McChangky

TRUST YOURSELF........

TRUST YOURSELF!    In times of uncertainty.    Trust yourself!    Know that leaders lie    with certainty.    Trust Yourself!    Live until you die, so    life is an eternity.    Trust yourself!    Then you won't make    mistake out of stupidity.    Trust yourself!    First person experience    should never be put in    darkness at back of shelf!    Trust yourself!    If lost in the forest would    you seek out an elf? or    look up at stars then just    TRUST YOURSELF?      Raining all day but not on    Sir Ray O'Sunshine! Once    trusted himself and I must    say now living fine!    Eating out of order is to use    new order, it did not even    cause a disorder! Bell Tower    is not  near any border, but    up front tipping brings to table    well prepared order. Good old    waitressing that of the bill is    about quarter! Remember that    lady is someone's daughter!      In times of uncertainty some    things are still certain, not to    be found pulling close the curtain.    Feeling good is better right after    some hurtin'!              Barry McChangky

VACCINE!

VACCINE!    Give me an all purpose    new improved vaccine!    One developed from    blood of Golden Child's    DNA and Golden gene!    VACCINE!    Discovered in Alice's great    northwest in Eugene, so    far results in are lean. BUT!    Just "to make sure" have a    Doctor checkout your spleen!    Your T-cell count one hundred    or down to fifteen? May need    "booster shot" with vaccine!    VACCINE! VACCINE!    Do we "give it to toddlers" or    or in their teens? Can we hide    it in ice cream or cream of bean?    Do we slice off piece of humanity    by with holding vaccine? or do it    for favors or just to be mean? At    "scene of the crime" who did you    see, was it "one of the usual    suspects" or small and lean? or    do you just not "wash your hands"    and not keep clean? Yet you want    your shot of "magic vaccine?"    VACCINE! VACCINE!    Overtones of 1984 and later in my    favorite, "Soylent Green!" So many    to feed, so many in need, even all    of the feigns! What about those in    baggy jeans, throw in those that    "count the beans!" Pull up ladder    closer to top of list, be first to    quench your thirst with taste of    "all new flavor with burst of new    improved vaccine!" Now say three    hala lulu I a's and two Omens!    YOU have been blessed with one    more chance at survival, but who    will meet you on arrival? First to    be saved to be last to die? Just how    much do one get of Alice's apple pie?             Barry McChangky

DRUNKEN BABOON!

Drunken Baboon!    Drunken Baboon!    Easily find one in    your local saloon.    Guy with party hat    blowing hard but    not in red balloon!    Says we never went    to the moon, went and    got back much to soon!       Drunken Baboon!    Drunken Baboon!    Always backed up by    seven foot goon, guy in    yellow pants and jacket    color of maroon! Can't use    knife and fork so eats all    with a spoon! Works on a    dock way out in landlocked    town called Boone! Never    could sing or croon, or do    Jerry being a loon! Clock is    stuck at half past noon, is    not early or late but too soon!       Drunken Baboon!    Drunken Baboon!    Can't write music but a car he    can tune, does it get fixed or    left like an ancient ruin? Get    him angry get reinforcements    size of a platoon or cross that    river using a platoon! But it is    Sunday morning so it is ME or    Bugs Bunny cartoon!             Barry McChangky

FOR GETTA ABOUT IT!

Woke up this morning    can't remember a thing,    who was in movie was    it Hope or Bing? Last    night was out on fling?    Is that Obama or Emperor    Ming? Pinched myself and    felt the sting!      Woke up this morning where    am I now? In bed at home or    somewhere in Rome? Do I    use brush or comb? How can    I know if morally weak or strong?     Will I know right from wrong?    Can I play an instrument or just    radio to hear a song? Do I join or    alone I belong?      Woke up this morning should    have got myself a beer, heard    morning news and realized I care!    Talking heads gathering up all    Bulls and Bears! Working over    Salt of the Earth with many fears!    People marching on their lips are    jeers, would it not be great if life    was just like in Cheers? All will    in thirty minutes become clear!      Woke up this morning oxygen in my    chest, going to Super 8, never use    Best West! Going over Alice's purple    mountain's majesty, going to Nebraska    where corn grows like an endless sea!    May not hear from me anytime soon,    but if in need of guidance go to your    local saloon and listen for golden words    from drunk baboon!                 Barry McChangky

Cold, Haunting And Tempting...

Came to me in REM dream,    at first thought it was canole'    cream, but looked much too    green. Maybe pistachio was    added to the cream! Then I    noticed there was much too    much green.Not as silky or    milky from Italian bakery, it    had less smoothness. THEN!    Through my dream walked    lady in black, only take you    home after giving you good    smack! Attitude and long legs    she did not lack and THEN!    She looked back, pumping up    my pulse and near heart attack!    She was, is and knows she is    Pretty Hot And Tempting, what    we call PHAT! Hell no! says she.    That is only part of me! I'm CHAT!    Cold, Haunting And Tempting!    That is always worth mentioning!      She walked away but turned to say,    "That green stuff is not pistachio or    canole' cream, it is real and not just    in your dream. What I am trying to    say, what I mean. That stuff is real!    It is Soylent Green! Made by, for and    FROM me and you!" That was her    last thought and my next clue. OHHH!    Her name was MORTICA, right?                 Barry McChangky

YET?

We are in recession but    not in depression, YET!    We have an out break    of swine flu but it is not    pandemic, YET!    It is only a police action,    we are not at war, YET!        When one has an opinion,    take it to the window and bet!    Be careful of what you expect    or "get", could be Jewish divorce!    Only if you are seeking one, of    course, save money if you can    shoot par on Jewish marriage    course! For all this silliness I    will show no remorse! Will be on    my way after I set the course!      Is "YET" the singular of "YETTI?"            Barry McChangky

YOU KNOW WE LOVED YOU!

PONTIAC! What a car,    eighty years took us far,    now like dead bug in jar,    crushed by drunk in bar!    Baby do you want to drive    my car?      Born in 1929, child of the    depression, lasted many    years then ran into the    bottom line recession.    People still have muscle    car obsession, will take    more to hold off another    depression. If you can run    away and get far, Baby you    can drive my car!      Chief Pontiac to his people     was a star, British or Americans    could not move him far. Named    cars that put rubber to the tar,    leadership boogied but Pontiac    was up to par, even better than    funny man Jack Parr! So baby    if you love Pontiac you can     drive my car. People will think    you are a superstar!             Barry McChangky

SWINE FLU!

SWINE FLU!    Coming after you.    Swine Flu!    Going across the    red, white and blue.    Swine Flu!    Can't be cured by    Miles Davis Bitches Brew!    Swine Flu!    Won't help at all to sneak    up and go BOOOOO!    Swine Flu!    Government agencies have    put on overtime crew!    Swine Flu!    Comes from pigs, birds and    humans concentrated into a    stew. How long and what      first responders knew? Do    you believe what has been    told to you? Have you read    existentialist Camau'?    Swine Flu!    Not good for me and you!    Will it be on morning dew?    Is it in bottle of Mountain Dew?    So far we are told it has struck    but a few, I heard first one fall    but was that the other shoe?    Will medicine be like economics    with smartest guys with out clue?    SWINE FLU! NOW HERE IS ONE    YOU CAN'T BLAME ON A JEW!     HA!HA!              Barry McChangky

PONTIAC FOREVER!

Death of the Muscle Car     arrived today, it was short     and to the point.....            HERE LIES PONTIAC!         BORN IN 1929, IN THE CRASH.         DIED IN 2009, IN THE CRASH.         EIGHTY YEARS IS A GOOD LIFE.                   Barry McChangky

KENTUCKY DERBY!

Kentucky Derby is coming    this way, 135th running on    Saturday. Get chance to    watch or play, look for a    horse with winning way!    Front runners need to be    caught, many give up to    hard battle fought. Tall    horse with heart like a fort,    not a claimer that was on    sale to be bought.      Few more days until running,    are you listening to touts and    all their cunning? Look for one    honest like Jim Bunning. Look    at past performance, has horse    been in the running? Will arrive    by train or plane, do you know    trainers name and if sane?    Does he use method known as    pain or tells owners never to    complain? On the record is there    more than just coffee stain? Does    he talk straight and plain or says    "mudders run good in the rain!"    Never ever ask them to explain,    if on top of list you wish to remain!       Kentucky Derby good three year old    test, may lead to later best! Come     from north, south, east and west,    to take the three year old test! After    race guy cashing tickets will have    pointy boots and a vest! Tickets on    floor belong to all the rest............             Barry McChangky

WHO, DYLAN?

YES! We did get fooled     all over again, how many     pictures in your wallet of     the Great Uncle Ben?     Answer is NOT blowing     in the wind, it is right in     our face! We don't look     so we don't see what a     disgrace! Banking world     very much in control of     doing business, just ask     government who will be     next witness?       Banks say they are doing     just fine, let us give back    TARP money is current line.    They want their bonuses as    they drink our wine, Will we    take action or just whine? I    gave up waiting for a sign,    just hope tomorrow the sun    will shine! Don't have to pay    tax, toll or penalty just pay a    fine! Do we own anything we    can call "mine?"      Times they are not a-changing!    We are getting fooled again!    Stones were right all the time,    Can't get no, SATISFACTION!    Still lots of conjecture but very    little action! How many banks    to a faction, are there many or    just a fraction? Stress tests do    show...................                 Barry McChangky

FEELING THE LOSS.....

Feeling the loss,    Feeling the loss,    who's in charge,    who is the boss?    Things have taken over    our lives, some save    until covered with moss!    Some get ready but    never actually toss. all    because they can't stand    to take the loss! Will buy    anything with gloss, do    you remember Hoss? Is    collecting religious like    the cross, when feeling    loss can you stay off sauce?      Shopping has become one    more social event, run to    see what science can invent,    to see not buy how do you    prevent? Can you give up    something beside during     season of Lent? If money is    not heaven sent, why do you    pray to pay the rent? Stress    lead you to getting bent? I    know a doctor for one hundred    dollars per hour will let you vent!      If you gave up convenience it is no    loss, if you want now give comfort    the toss, when you lose something     is it really a loss? When you lose    what you love, it is time to take off    the gloves.      Oh me oh me oh mio! McChangky    is leaving on Cinco de Mayo! Will    be going to New York through Ohio!    Will first pass Iowa and Chicago!    Oh me oh me oh mio!              Barry McChangky

GET OFF OF MY STOOP!

Hey you! Get off my stoop!    Who said your in the loop?    You don't have legs kike     Betty Boop, nor do you     own fifty foot sloop! SO     Hey you, get off my stoop!      Don't walk dog here unless    you pick up the poop, even    if your a Dog named Snoop!    Looking for a pigeon, look     on roof for the coop. Stay    out of my way and get off my    stoop!      Life goes on everyday on my    stoop, when it comes to any    dynamics I stay away from    the group. I do what I do,    never jump through a hoop!    Monkeys living together are    called a troop, or cavalry on    TV called F Troop! Who was    cook on the Ponderosa that    always made the soup? You    don't know answer? Get off of    my stoop! or as the Stones    might say......      Hey You! Get off of my stoop!    Hey You! Get off of my stoop!    You are not cool enough    to be in the loop! Walk after    dog picking up poop! Tell all    your real name is Snoop!    Hey You! Get off my stoop!    Hey you! Get off my stoop!    Honey! Baby! Those are not    legs of Betty Boop! Hey Baby!    why walk with guy who has    pants that droop? Are you    prisoner of dynamics of group?    Hey You! Get off my stoop!    Hey You! Get off my stoop!    Not so smart more like a dupe,    do anything to be part of group!    Always there early looking for    inner circle scoop, while daddy    pays for your fifty foot sloop!    Hey You! Get off my stoop!    Hey You! Scoop up the poop!              Barry McChangky

CINCO de MAYO...

Cinco de Mayo I will    be on my way, when    I get back should have    lot to say. Going to    listen to what Alice's    kids have to say!    Going all the way to    New York Bay, up in    mountains for a few    days to stay, Check    out horses, people    and good old Fay!    There is a new church    but I don't pray, take    my blessings at the    window on race day!       Over the mountains    and to the sea, Amtrak    is going to take me.    Going to keep busy as    bumble bee, while I    check out home of the    free! Need to hear from    all those with a plea, as    well as circus magician    who plays to a flea! Won't    matter if I agree, was it    Grant or Robert E.Lee?            Barry McChangky

TRAIN IN THE STATION......

Train waiting in the station    waiting to take us across    Alice's nation. This is not    an invitation, train has no    special destination, time    to get aboard.      Slowly from station away    moves our train, going over    purple mountain majesty    and through fruited plains.    No need for luggage or    personal baggage, just sit    on down. Are you looking    around for a frown? Well    look up and then down.      Waves of Nebraska corn for    miles, next to junk yard piles.    Coal from Colorado moving    all over nation, making all    stops at power stations. We    continue on this journey, is    there an end to this beginning?    Game is tied, need an extra    inning. Train moves on.      Wherever one goes there is    some pain, it was those who    lost to those that gain.    Terrible farming conditions    continue into spring, how    much hay will next crop bring?    When gas prices went down    did you go on a fling, or black    and white it with Hope and Bing?    Hear the cry of help but not how    well rich still sing! When on a    carousel do you grab the ring?    If you are waiting for me to get    to the point, HA! HA! No such thing!             Barry McChangky

B BEING B!

B BEING B    is just me being me,    you don't know me,    you don't like me,    well I don't care!    Pay my way, carry my load    always willing to share my    pear for your despair!    Every morning shower and    put on clean underwear!    Wall Street is far away don't    matter Bull or the Bear!    Something part of human    experience is called fear,    are you Bambi in cross hairs,    or one more shot dead deer?    When life was better why did    you always put in high gear?    When betting opens always    bet colt over mare. At next    Kentucky Derby be cool in    what you wear!       Going real soon to see Alice    once again, see how well her    children are doing while back    in the East the continuing Feast    by the Beast has left us nothing    to sell or lease! Oh, well!               Barry McChangky