Saturday, 5 June 2021

ODIUM

 

It’s in a state of disgrace

Resulting from detestable behaviour

Where hatred and contempt reign

And despicable acts are the norm

Simple pure unadulterated odium

Hatred and condemnation

Loathing and contempt

Disrepute or infamy

Hate coupled with disgust

Pure unadulterated odium

That’s why I avoid the forum

ODEON

 

When I was a kid

My sister worked

At the Odeon Wood Green

And got me in for nothing

I loved the pictures

And I went everyday

It was a special place to me

Of course it was a far cry

From its Roman namesake

With its grand architecture

And hi-brow classical

Musical performances

But it was a magical place

Where I lost myself

In the flickering shadows

Of movieland

And escaped reality

THE ENDLESS PAVEMENT

 

The endless pavement

Eats away the leather

Wears away my soles

And with each step

My spirits erode

Until I am threadbare

And broken

With worn out soles

On the perpetual pavement

LUMINARY PERSONAGE

 

Luminary personage

Of prominence

A bright light

In the firmament

Truly brilliant

Outshone only

By his achievements

WHO WHAT WHEN WHERE WHY (6)

 

Who killed Mary what’s her name

What a way to go

When tomorrow comes

Where were you when the lights went out?

Why are you not here?

Friday, 4 June 2021

ALL-TIME CLASSIC MOVIE FAVOURITES – BLAZING SADDLES (1974)

 

“Blazing Saddles” is a comedy western, written by Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor and Alan Uger, from the Story by Andrew Bergman and Directed by Mel Brooks.

It’s the story of a town where everyone seems to be named Johnson, but apart from that it’s in the way of the railroad and in order to grab their land, a politically connected nasty individual, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), sends in his henchmen, lead by Taggart (Slim Pickens) to make the town unliveable.

The town demands a replacement, from the Governor, Lepetomane (Mel Brooks), after their Sheriff is killed, and Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black Sheriff in the west.

Sherriff Bart (Cleavon Little) is a sophisticated urbanite has some difficulty winning over the townspeople but when he does he soon becomes Lemar’s most formidable adversary aided by Jim the gunslinger (Gene Wilder), despite Lemar using Lili Von Shtupp (Madeline Kahn) and Mongo (Alex Karras).

 


TRAFFIC COP – STOPPED FOR SPEEDING

 

When a cop stopped me for speeding

They fined me one hundred pounds

“I was only trying to keep up with traffic”

But the traffic officer stood his ground

Then he look at me and responded

“But there are no other cars around”

“I know” I said “I was doing a hundred

And I was still losing ground