Stories

The Superhero

It seems to be failure
all panic with fear
when onto the scene
our superhero's here

He fights and he battles
He spins and he flies
our superhero's powers
dispose the bad guys

A sudden mistake
our superhero turns pale
but in jumps the sidekick
who had followed his trail

It's now all over
our superhero returns to his den
another successful day
our superhero's done it again

-Derrick

The Richest Man

Of all the people
from rich to those wearing rags
there's not anyone as rich
as my Uncle Pennybags

He's bought States Ave
and Virginia Avenue
He's also got Park Place
and I think there's Boardwalk, too

He spent his life in leisure
except some nights in jail
and always collecting rent
to pay his $50 bail

so much money
he often did encounter it
but when Uncle Pennybags died
it was all proven counterfeit

-Derrick

The Car

A car was to be built by Jeff and Tike
When Mr. Book said it would work we said "sike"
and so we struggled breaking wire after wire
and sending the budget higher and higher
so then we built the thing that makes it go
but the car just sat there and said "no"
Then a wheel collapsed and then another
I looked up and said to Tike "oh, brother."
Then the day of the race came
and our car was in shame
our car did not go
and we said "so?"
now the car lives in the trash can
with all the other cars that never ran

-Jeff

Soccer

Soccer is a cool sport to play
I kick the ball every day
Once I scored a goal
and when I did it twice I thought "I'm on a role"

There are many skills involved
and there are many problems to be solved
when you get your problems worked out
your team is good by no doubt

-Jeff

Under Pressure

The center dishes out
you look about
you're open for the trey
"You'll be a hero if you make it" some say
and if you miss
your starting job receives a goodbye kiss
your nerves react one by one
until it hits your ear drum
but you ignore it all
and out comes the ball
Your talent decides the rest

-Jeff

The Shunning of Two

The group had six then five then four
could they possibly lose anymore
the two had found another group
and to them, we weren't much more than poop

And so the shunning began
we ignored them and didn't bother to give a wave of the hand
we purposely bumped into them to knock out their books
and all they'd give us are dirty looks
maybe some day they'll come back and our group will refill
but for now we will shun them still

-Jeff

Being Imaginary Friend

Being Imaginary Friend
is really rather great
I have a recent position
of which I love to relate

My 5-year-old friend
brings me weekly gifts
of his favorite possessions
and I return our friendship

He's now growing older
I slowly diminish
his gifts of trucks and flowers
have turned to things like spinach

I think he said he's eight
I've become a peasant
he occasionally talks to me
but never gives me presents

Being Imaginary Friend
I've found is really rotten
he never even thinks of me
I feel as I'm forgotten

-Derrick

Eugg: When It All Started

Two strangers came along
it went sorta this way
they started a club
featuring the word of the day

It happened more by accident
when a strange sound came out
The sound was the word Eugg
it went all around and about

The search for members began
you had to get correct
the definition of eugg
for your goal to perfect

and on that glorious day
the definition was correctly stated
it was a guess on the first try
the stranger's actions we belated

Now we celebrate that glorious day
when eugg they guessed
and now the group moves on
with new words they are obsessed

-Jeff

The Meeting

They meet every Sunday night
Kids follow just to see the sight
Nobody knows what they meet for
and why they sit behind the closed door
They know the teachers are up to no good
because of who their teachers are - they should
the students find out every Monday morning
when the teacher gives his 1st warning

The kids know they're in for a long week
for the weekend they seek
and when it comes they give it a big greeting
and yet they know that next Sunday night
there will another meeting

-Jeff

Auction

I walked inside
to see what things sell for
I saw a man up front
who kept asking for more

Hands flew up
all over the room
finally they sold
the antique broom

A quilt, a toy truck
a book never read
To my amazement
they understood what he said

After a minute or two
the guy would yell "SOLD"
and away went each item
even the thumb tack mold

I left the place
with just a metal pail
and decided, too
that's not my kind of sale

-Derrick

Billy in Chessland

Billy was sitting in his tree house
when he saw a mouse
the mouse ran into a hole
when Billy approached he shrank
to the size of a mole

He walked through the opening
in the wall
and again he was tall
but he was in another dimension
and could feel the rising tension

For this place was nothing
but spoons and forks
and a bunch of little dorks
Billy said "what is this place"
and the dork replied "a place where chess
is enjoyed by all the dorkey race"

He said "You are in chessland"
as he placed a pawn in his Billy's hand
Billy cried "How do I go home?"
The dork answered "you must play and beat
the supreme dork Jerome"

They played till the calender read another date
when finally Billy said "Checkmate"
and in a blink of an eye he was back in
his tree house
when out of a hole appeared a mouse

-Jeff

The Lost Ticket

There was a petition
asking for Edgar's admission
it went around and around the county fair
the guards saying "sign it if you dare"
see little Edgar forgot his ticket
and by now the crowd was starting to picket
Edgar sat just outside the park
all alone in the dark
the crowd was beginning to riot
but the guards would not buy it
Edgar fell asleep outside the fair that night
and when he woke up he saw a strange sight
The fair had gone, it had left town
and little Edgar went home with a frown

-Jeff

the playgrounds

billy climbs a ladder
looks for a place to hide
his pursuer gains on him
by going down the slide

the chase continues
and billy is a fox
he just buried himself
deep under the sandbox

now tom sprints
at the end of his wits
he's just tug billy
and billy's it

billy searches now
he looks all around
here in this world
at the local playground

-Derrick

The Best Christmas Ever

Every year Christmas comes and goes
some good, some bad that everyone knows
but there is one I'll always remember forever
It was the best Christmas ever

The tree didn't lose a needle - not a one
I rued the day when this Christmas was done
the gifts piled high under the tree
looking around I saw five for me

Gifts for my family I could finally afford
now they, too, would not be bored
I got everything on my list
from the shirt on my back to the watch on my wrist

Yes, every year Christmas comes and goes
some good, some bad that everyone knows
But there is one I'll remember forever
That is, the best Christmas ever

-Jeff

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