Police Use Rap Music to Solve Crimes

Rap Trap

by Rachel Hoyt

image by sattva via freedigitalphotos.net

Spit it out, keep it in -

There's no way to win.

Do the crime. Do the time.

They're minding your rhyme.

They detect, they inspect

your bold disrespect.

In a snap, with your rap,

You lay your own trap.

It's free speech. You can preach,

but any can leech.

Copyright © 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Some police are cracking crimes with the messages in rappers' rhymes.

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What Doesn't Amazon Want to Sell?

Quid Pro Quo

by Rachel Hoyt

image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net

Addiction comes in many forms.

Some fit the norms of society -

accidentally acquired afflictions

which worm their way in our lives.

Happily blind to the signs -

our minds content to rest,

ignore logic and predictions,

feel blessed that our will thrives.

One day we will realize

we despise our lives -

we are just menial workers

fulfilling another's plan,

not Queens of our hives.

Copyright © 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

Amazon hopes to soon sell us groceries

at prices and delivery times certain to please.

Once they are able to meet all of our needs,

they will hold the power to make our wallets bleed.

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The FDA Makes a Move to Ban Trans Fats

Banned Bits

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Ohmega1982 via freedigitalphotos.net

Please take them from me.

I cannot resist

The savory flavors,

That sweet death wish twist.

It stings like a bee

But I'm glad they're still buzzing.

I worried the rumors

Were true - truth was fuzzing.

Generally safe

So long as you're too smart

To let manufactured

Lies infest your heart.

No tub gut or waif

Needs them to survive -

Their fates are secured

By the road truth drives.

Copyright © 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

The FDA has at long last noticed

that hydrogenated oils should be kicked off the GRAS list.

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Thursday Thoughts - On Fashion and Style

Style Seeker

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Style takes more than exclusivity

of price, place, and proportions -

Just as your clothes don't desire me,

I reject their required contortions.

I prefer upcycled, vintage, handmade,

(things rarer than your rustic khakis)

uniqueness no eyes can evade,

sophisticated sparkle at ease.

The thin 'rich' kids can keep you,

I've got my imagination -

Some may stick to your styles like glue,

but I'll make, mix, and match my own creation.

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

Some stores don't make clothes for women my size,

but I think thinking that makes them special is a guise.

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Thursday Thoughts - Businesses and Organizations as Father Figures

Figurative Fathers

by Rachel Hoyt

 

image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net

 

Instigating Irving

Says and does crazy things,

Then, like the USDA,

Spellz thah issyou away.

 

With a pop like Pushy Pete,

The answer is never, "Retreat!"

They think like the Pentagon -

A power house can't be a pawn.

 

Guys like Generous Jerry,

Have finances quite scary,

Like Amazon no income,

Can cover their family's fun.

 

Egalitarian Earl,

Is a political pearl,

A WTO pal who,

Fights for fair in all we do. 

 

© 2013 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved.

This week I saw parenting styles in the news

and too many good stories from which to choose:

 

The USDA's weird rule,

The Pentagon's cybersecurity crew,

Amazon spending like a fool,

and the WTO scolds the USA, to name a few. 

 

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Thursday Thoughts - On Sadness and Spending

Penny Diamond

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Penny Diamond lives conflicted,

as her name surely implies.

Her moniker predicted

she'd depict all of those lies

advertising has inflicted

on innocent minds, ears, and eyes -

an identity afflicted

by the joy money can buy.

Penny Diamond sees a ring pop

and heads to buy shiny jewelry.

She feels the need to get a mop,

so she calls the cleaning lady.

Penny watches a bunny hop,

then needs something new and furry.

She smells Big E's Bacon Foods Shop

and finds four courses more worthy.

Penny is not too peculiar,

nor a diamond in the rough,

but her name implies she's ruler

of those ignoring bought joy's bluff.

Penny's parent's hoped they'd fool her,

but they too couldn't buy enough

to make poor Penny cooler

and fulfilled by frivolous stuff.

 

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

 

 

 

A study has shown being sad can be quite expensive,

so if the season gets you down, while shopping, be pensive.

 

 

 

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Read more rhymes by Rachel at her column, Clickety Clack -

poetic news about Santa Barbarians talking back.

Thursday Thoughts - On Hair Extensions and Buying Beauty

Strip and Sell Rapunzel

by Rachel Hoyt

 

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Rapunzel, Rapunzel,

Give me your hair!

Mine's so lifeless and dull -

You will look fine bare.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel,

What can you do?

Few things we want to cull

Grow on top of you.

Rapunzel, Rapunzel,

It will grow back.

Sans vanity, the skull

Is a shining shack!

Rapunzel, Rapunzel,

This costs a lot.

Your suff'ring I can't mull

While my joy is bought.

 

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt. All rights reserved

 

This poem is to help all remember where hair extensions come from
and the message one sends the world every time they buy one.

 

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Read more rhymes by Rachel at her new column, Clickety Clack -

poetic news about Santa Barbarians talking back

Wacky Word Wednesday - Irish Slang

Eejit

by Rachel Hoyt

Image by Stuart Miles via freedigitalphotos.net

I don't want you to get called an eejit,

Gobshite, moran, or nitwit.

So memorize this lickety-split:

Complete fools, idiots are eejits.

© 2012 Rachel Hoyt.  All rights reserved.

Every week I rhyme and define a new wacky word.

Come on over to indulge your inner nerd.
And, please let me know of any weird words you've heard!

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