#ode to a

[startwreck]

[inexcelsisd3o]

Ode to a Pineapple

A single formidable armour 

For an army of golden berries teamed 

To form a strong willed character. 

Spiky and unique, it is no sheep. 

  Though a necessity in salads 

As well as Mexican sweets, 

For pizza it is also a divine partner. 

Change my mind, I beseech. 

  After a few too many bits 

How my tongue does seeth, 

From its subtle acids 

That does moderation teach.

[sudiokeem]

[words-and-music-blog]

This couch it does so much

It holds me up and takes me in

I've spent my darkest days

Just resting on its chin

It's cheap and nothing fancy

I'll admit I didn't know

How valuable its cushiony arms could be

The price is unconditional

And to count the times it's doubled

As a bed, when I am troubled

When I'm spent of life

The couch has time

It takes me in and holds me there

Envelops me, silently

I've never had a friend

So consistent, so unquestioning

I owe this couch my life

It has saved mine many a time

There's no way that I can pay it

It doesn't need for anything

If only you could read, dear couch

You'd know just how grateful I am

I suspect you have a hunch

Though, you're not the type to say

I know you give a lot

More than a back for my spine

It's clear to me you care

You've grown on me as you grow worn

To think I nearly threw you out

I was too superficial and young

You've taught me a priceless lesson

As I restore upon your wings

Take comfort where it's offered

In the very simplest of things.

[fado-fado]

Fade far away, dissolve, and quite forget What thou among the leaves hast never known, The weariness, the fever, and the fret Here, where men sit and hear each other groan; Where palsy shakes a few, sad, last grey hairs, Where youth grows pale, and spectre-thin, and dies; Where but to think is to be full of sorrow And leaden-eyed despairs; Where beauty cannot keep her lustrous eyes, Or new Love pine at them beyond to-morrow.

Ode to a Nightingale - John Keats