BIG LOSER (Memo for the Boston Bombers)

By what belief do you justify
Injuring and killing our brothers?
God's commandment you did dare defy,
Leaving explosives to harm others!
Obi once reminded Darth Vader--
"Strike me down and I'll rise up stronger."
Exactly the same words hurled from Boston town;
Retributive Justice will hunt you down!

DOGLEG COURSE

Driving to the final hole,
One may lose his club control;
Go for broke and lose a stroke;
Leader board--no easy walk.
Every drive or putt you make,
Gravity scores your mistake.

Could you drive with fade or draw?
On courses straight and narrow,
Use your woods without sorrow?
Read the green and test the breeze...
Sadly, you can do all these,
End result:-Bogey--with wheeze!

PHANTASM

Phantom dancing to moonlit night's music,
Hooted by owls and booed by toads spastic;
Asked if friend or foe, the shade didn't answer.
Nonetheless, I think I know that prancer;
That sliding dribble, that familiar face,
Ageless, it was Bloney's! None could erase,
Scarify or blot out his thin-lipped smile.
Maybe, I'll be joining him in a while...

UMBRAGE

Uncle Sam does take umbrage when taunted;
Missiles may accidentally be fired.
Blame and excuses will then be flaunted:-
Ruin and carnage--these were not desired,
All dire consequences unintended?
Guess who finally will be upended...
Exeunt Kim Jong-un, the play is ended!

LAUGHTER

Laughter is the best medicine, per the Reader's Digest;
Ask the clown Pagliaccio if this be true, (but do not jest).
Usually one can detect if the guffaws are sincere;
Great pretenders laugh, tho' they want to shed an anguished tear.
How do you know if that motley crowd so uproarious
Truly is giving vent to heartfelt emotions joyous?
Exiting churchgoers after an Easter Sunday Mass
Rush out wearing stern frowns, solemn countenances...alas.

POINTLESS

Pretense in this instance is too laughable to contemplate;
Oppressor's contumely may be easier to tolerate.
I think that North Korean bluffer seeks to obliterate
Nobody! He just wants to distract the poor with empty plates
To think he is a hero for taunting the United States.
Let us give him some time to reflect and come to his senses...
Excessive boasting cannot hide his country's poor defenses,
So stop that saber-rattling lest Uncle Sam will call the bluff;
Some foolish rattlers rattling in the past got their heads cut off.

POPE FRANCIS

Perhaps the time has come for joining science with religion;
Outdated beliefs and absurd practices cause confusion.
Perhaps our newly elected Pope will deign to do the task;
Expectantly, I look to him with his background to unmask
False prophets, also to clarify oft misunderstood texts,
Repair the breach amongst multifarious Christian faiths and sects.
A new review should be made on Teilhard de Chardin's vision.
Not many seem to accept his theory of evolution...
Cosmology from two perspectives--Science and Religion
Inevitably should give us the very same conclusion.
Since God's energy pervades all, we too must reach PERFECTION!