Hooch


I’m into drinking hooch I am
A little everyday
It helps to clean the cobwebs out
And keep the doc at bay

I make it out of uva juice
And keep it ova night
(I add a bit of grapefruit too)
which makes the flava right

It sparkles and it bubbles
(its really quite a brew)
And when I get enough of it
I spark and bubble too

                            Wm. Coperthwaite

Love Thy Neighbor

"Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself..."
As much as I love myself?
I did not understand.
Then it happened:
Could that possibly mean
Love thy neighbor as a part of thyself?
Suddenly it came alive: a rule to live by.
My neighbor and I are one - as fingers of one hand
My neighbor's welfare is my welfare -
His poverty my poverty,
His happiness my happiness.
Time passed.
The old commandment has grown to mean
Love thy planet as a part of thyself.
Treat it with love and kindness,
With care, gentleness, and thanksgiving.
Any harm done to my planet
Is harm done to me.
 
                                  Wm. Coperthwaite