ABOUT DOLLY, TIGER AND TIM
and hate (hate should never be capitalized)
You know, we all go through storms and somedays the storms can be too much. This week Dolly passed, Tim Curry passed and Tiger is in the news again trying to navigate the storm. And outside their world is us and in reading my early morning news, the pettiness, the hateful rhetoric of people was just too much for me and so I wrote this:
ABOUT DOLLY, TIGER AND TIM
and hate 8-28-2026
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As I went throughout my day
Reading only, not looking for anything to say
As I was weary of the goodness
From the union of the failing of our Tuesday...
***
I went back to my Monday was
The good of Dolly can only last so much
Because...
Well, just because we are human after all...
*** I read a comment from a said human
Stating only her side had the acu men (bless you I said to her sneeze)
To empathize and align
With such a human as Dolly Divine...
***
I read another article on Tiger Woods
With another human disparaging his looks
As being that of an addict
Thinking to myself, "man, what a prick"!
***
Now I don't mind, I understand
When a man is down
Kick him while we can
As it's easier than helping him to stand-Yeah, I get it!
***
But seriously,
Is it so hard to just this once
Go at least more than just 2 days
Before we toss them to the chipper with a rock along the way?
***
And so I think I may
Just for the sake of my own peace this day
Put the rocks and hate away
Take window washer and wash the smudges from my own dirty display...
***
Then Ima sit with popcorn if I can
Reminisce of all that's been
As I watch that sweet transvestite once again
Though Tim Curry is just a man
And I'll watch IT after then...
..
For just one more day
Put the hate away!
About the Creator
Victor Mendez
Born in 1958.There's a lot of road beneath these feet.Worn out pairs upon pairs of shoes.Been a ranch kid,a city kid,a Marine,a dad, a grandfather now,an avid reader and just recently began writing poetry in 2015 just to vent.
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