“Angel In A Cage” by Ty Granderson Jones

Civil Beasts
Lovers and Freaks,
Those who dwell,
and Men who mean well.
Knights in Shining Horror
riding Nightmares to nowhere.
Political Thieves with blood shot eyes,
and nothing but untold lies.

Concrete trees
with rotten leaves,
Smoggy beaches and polluted seas.
Homeless hope
and designer dope.
Hearts bleeding for need,
A famine feed.

City Slickers
And Porno Flickers.
Record breakers.
Population makers.
Baby makers and cradle shakers,
No givers just takers,
Suicide fakers.

Kiddie Killers
and news thrillers.
Gunslingers and pussy ringers
with sweet middle fingers.

Hard hitters and bullshitters,
Drug Dealers
and Holy Healers.
Right Wingers
and Humdingers.

Arroyan Brothers
And Heartless others.
Addicted mothers
And forgotten others.

A world in a scheme
Of a real dream,
Trapped in a cool hell,
In a rage!
Like a wild angel in a cage.

Ty Granderson Jones

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“The Beasts Know It” – Abraham-Hicks (quote)

“If you know that all is well,
you know all you need to know.
And if you know life is supposed to be fun,
you know more than almost anybody else knows.
And if you know that the way you feel
is your indicator of how
connected you are to Source,
then you know that which
only a handful of Deliberate Creators,
respective to the total population,
really know.

The beasts all know it.
Your animals know that all is well.
Your animals live in the moment.
They understand the power of their now.
They expect the Universe to yield to them.
They don’t worry or fret or conjure or make laws
or rules or try to regulate.
They are Pure Positive Energy.

Your beasts vibrate more
on the Energy scale of contentment
than of passion.
Their desire was set forth from Nonphysical,
and continues to be set forth by those, like you,
who want Energy balance, who want sustenance.

The difference between the beast
and the human is that the beast
is more general in its intent.
The human is usually less blended,
usually less allowing of the Energy to flow,
but is more specific.

And that is why the human
is seen to be the Creator
while the beast is more
the balancer of Energy.”

- Abraham

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“Adults are always asking little kids what they want to be when they grow up

because they’re looking for ideas”

- Paula Poundstone

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Santa & A Coupla Ho’s

L.K., Santa & KittenKay Sera

“The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live”

- George Carlin

“Angels” by Stephen Kalinich

I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS
YOU CAN FEEL THEM IN YOUR HEART
THEY ARE THE ANSWER TO YOUR PROBLEMS
WHEN YOU FEEL TORN APART
LISTEN VERY CLOSELY HEAR THEM STIRRING DEEP INSIDE
THEY TURN THE SADNESS INTO LOVE
GIVE IT NOWHERE TO HIDE.

I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS.
WHEN YOU ARE OVERWHELMED
WHEN YOU ARE STRESSED OUT TOO MUCH
THEY CAN TURN THE DAYS AROUND
FEEL THEIR HEALING TOUCH
IN THE GREATEST CHALLENGE
ON THE DARKEST LONELY NIGHT
THEY CAN COMFORT YOU
LET YOU KNOW EVERYTHING IS ALRIGHT.

I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS
YOU CAN FEEL THEM EVERYWHERE
THOUGH YOU DO NOT SEE THEM
I KNOW THEY ARE THERE.
IN THE SMILES ON CHILDREN’S FACES
THE HOPE THAT SHINES IN THEIR EYES
I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS TO BE EXPERIENCED
AND REALIZED

I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS.
IN THE MIDST OF CRISIS THEY GIVE YOU COMFORT
AND PEACE IN ALL SITUATIONS
THEY GIVE YOU RELEASE
I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS
WHEN YOU ARE TROUBLED RESTLESS
DONT KNOW WHERE TO TURN
WHEN YOU ARE IN PAIN
AND YOUR INSIDES BURN
YOUR EMOTIONS ARE RAW
AND CAN FIND NO RELIEF
WHEN YOU GIVE UP ON LIFE
AND HAVE NO BELIEF.
THERE IS AN ANSWER
WHEN YOU ARE TORN A PART
I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS
YOU CAN FEEL THEM IN YOUR HEART.

ALL OF YOUR SWEET BURDENS WILL CEASE
I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS TO GIVE YOU RELEASE.
THEY ARE HERE TO PROTECT YOU
YOU CAN FIND PEACE.
WHATEVER COMES AT YOU
WHATEVER KNOCKS YOU DOWN
I KNOW THERE ARE ANGELS
RIGHT HERE ON THE GROUND.
SO WHEN YOUR HEART IS HEAVY
AND YOU NEED A LIFT
THE ANGELS SURROUND YOU
THEY ARE A GIFT

I KNOW I KNOW I KNOW
THERE ARE ANGELS.

Stephen John Kalinich

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Peace On Earth

“Peace comes from within. Do not seek it without.”

- Buddha

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Cinderella (quote)

L.K. (right - front)

“Have faith in your dreams and someday your rainbow will come smiling through.

No matter how your heart is grieving, if you keep on believing,

the dream that you wish will come true.”

- Cinderella

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(Grampa Les)

“Snow White & The Seven Dwarves, In Fruit….

Umm, really, there are no words except…

“Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana”

Groucho Marx

Mitch Hicks

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High on a hill

Make do and mend

Old dog Tom
Reading to some purpose

Please don’t take this book away thank you

Mitch Hicks

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“Conch Shell” by L. K. Thayer

my restless wanderings
have faded
I’ve kicked off

my wanderlust

it’s nice to want to wear
the same coat
the lining is familiar
to my skin
the hem has been let out
the fabric is softer

my buttons stay buttoned
more often

I feel my heart
encased in this conch shell
beating
the waves have subsided
my rock still skips along
the top of the water

with a skip

in my step
crossing over stones
to solid ground

unearthing my
Plain Jane-ness

less paint on my palette
fewer strokes to get the picture
pastel watercolors trace
the outline
of the girl that was once
a girl

Raggedy Ann dreams

have
pirouetted into stuffed
throw pillows
where I lay my head

the child has put away her toys
the ones that were worn out

the ones she toyed with
too long

no longer do I look
for the Jack-in-the-Box thrill
or dare how high

I can swing

L. K. Thayer

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