Michael Bray

Author of A Time To Kill

Poetry

My Mental Technician

My MT does her thing Bringing those drills And making me think! She dutifully comes to the door And performs her chore: Questions and answers . . . Well, I can’t remember, But the mind is worked By drills without pills. “Strategy” is the key! Need a technique to deal With the brain as it […]

A Decision Most Grave

(The Decision, Most Grave, Indeed, To Terminate An Abortionist) A decision most grave!O, God, help us to behave.Got lots to do in this life:Plenty of foolishness and strife.But how about those babiesAnd all those wayward ladies?O Lord, can it beThat we may be set freeFrom all this phony libertyAnd do justice for a change?How long […]

Gov’na Asa kickin’ Dat Assa

Gov’na Asa kickin’ dat assa Down in Arkansas Don’t wanna let ‘dose babies die Ain’t about to join dat lie! Signed a bill to stop dose ‘bortions Ain’t about those lies, distortions Callin’ dose babies blobs and tissue What is dis shit? An “issue”? Nah!  I’s all ’bout babies and lazy People who don’t care […]

Judges 11

Jephthah was the son of a whore. He knew life was so much more And he was real good at war. Gilead was the daddy o’ that boy And let his wife kick the boy right out. He fled from his brothers and went to Tob And found a lot of worthless friends. But when […]

Tryin’ T’ Get Ahead!

Tryin’ to get ahead! Runnin’ yourself ’til You’re almost dead. Or maybe you’re justA sittin’ on your butt:Can’t get into that strut, Got work to be done While you’re on the run, Doin’ nothin’ worth while Talkin’ all that guile. Need to fix your style! Get up and pursue What you’re supposed to do. Pick […]

Jovial Jessica

Jovial Jessica Jumps through hoops To make miserable men merry She draws out conversations, Overcomes the frustrationsOf aging and memory failures. Like the ticking of the clocks She drives through the blocks To get where she needs to go, And sometimes they may not show, But onward she goes to her duty. (It may help […]

Judges (Finished)

To read the book of Judges Is to read about chaos, Everyone doing his own thing. What seems good or right, You do day or night. With all your might, You walk by sight. Might like peace or prefer a fight; ‘Tis all good.  Do what you would! Don’t matter what you like: Ride a […]

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