Holistic Ballistic

By Cliff Lake

 

Holistic Ballistic

 

The dog is on the rooftop,

The barn under the owl.

The band is playing shortstop,

Behind a stolen towel.

 

Forty one and one to go,

Do you display avowal?

Lost and down and out you go,

Can you use a stolen towel?

 

Round and round,

See the Sound,

Long before you run aground.

Town to town,

Fall dumbfound,

In for a penny and gone outbound.

 

Tricky dickies slipping mickeys,

The orchestrator calls a foul.

Sticky quickies tricking prickies,

Effected on a stolen towel.

 

Round and down,

Outta town,

Walk in sunlight all ungowned.

Crooked crown,

Clown and down,

Miles to go and still unsound.

 

The dog is in the kitchen,

The mouse relieves the owl.

The band is playing nonstop,

Do you have the towel?

 

Down and down,

Here unfound,

All of the voices are unsound.

Round and round,

Go to town,

One bad penny and still outbound.

 

Round and down,

Outta town,

Walk in sunlight all ungowned.

Crooked crown,

Clown and down,

Miles to go and still unsound.

 

Round and round,

See the Sound,

Long before you run aground.

Town to town,

Fall dumbfound,

In for a penny and gone outbound.

 

Round and round,

Down and down…

 

Cliff Lake 4/13/2026

Copyright © Clifford Lake 2026

Location: Wichita, KS, USA

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