eric sundin

While spared Life’s worst bludgeons
our decrepit curmudgeon
one of many gudgeons
drowning himself in dudgeon

Claims others kick & trick him
he’s ends up the poor victim!

If at times duplicitous
he would loudly lament
Seldom seen solicitous
or rarely heard repent

Little thought to others given
been unable to discern
how self-occupied and driven
for others lacking concern

Oblivious in his own smugness
blames others for his lack of snugness

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-dudgeon = a feeling of offense or resentment
-gudgeon = (archaic) a credulous or easily fooled person

edited 04/07/24 1400

Medan mitt ordval vadmal
syns nutidens språk syntetiskt
jag finner det som gammal
papegojaktigt patetiskt

Folk uttrycker sej på sätt tillgjorda
tror sej av ‘sista skriket’ frigjorda

Bland alla dessa skärmar
till vilka folk nu livegna
vi gamla oss beskärmar
medan lider milt förtegna

Om oss gamlingar vill få på svar på tal
måste vi nog förkonstla egna ordval

edited 01/30/24 1815

While the rich get wealthier
with tax breaks, bailed outright even
they get so being stealthier
entitlement they believe in

While the permanent underclass
has throughout history been struggling
this poor willfully ignored mass
needs for its daily needs be juggling

Still: Beyond roof over heads & food on their tables
rich & poor alike indulge sports & celeb fables

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fable = here: a story not founded on fact

edited 10/16/23 1400

We do deserve a handout
as our plight sui generis
Awaiting our next bailout
so make it quick & generous!

As we’re selling lipstick
we implore & ask
as we all have a shtick
Please, don’t wear a mask!

Or do wear a see-through plastic mask
or is your support too much to ask?

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-bailout = here: Covid 19 $$ compensation
-sui generis = unique; there is no one else of the same kind

edited 05/23/26 0835

Our neighbor who left (not ‘fled’, actually) Russia, and now an American citizen, did the other day turn down the rye bread we offered but gladly took the lemons:

A reason she ‘fled’
tired of that dour Russian
hard to chew rye bread
Wants no repercussion

when offered her in US blest!
Now prefers soft bread & folk
in newfound goods-laden quest
she’s virtue-signalling woke

Jokes she while slicing lemons yellow
“Don’t they come in other color?”
adds, in demeanor no less mellow:
“Sure you couldn’t find any smaller?”

If smart enough to be an Ace Consumer
would we not all float around in good humor?

edited 01/16/23 0805

Med dem väl litet bevänt
bortsett från uselhet
lögnaktiga, dekadent
i all slags vidrighet

Så hur att förvänta
att makthavarna galna
så grymma, valhänta
skall snart frivilligt falna?

När det bolmar i sågspånen
från de i rännstenen i ruset
till den förflackade fånen
som velar runt i Vita Huset:

Självuppfyllda å manipulativa
Av oss själva så representativa!

edited 04/21/22 1455

Items now in vogue
on screens gleaming
may just turn out rogue
scamming, scheming

But surely we have a choice
faced with a claim hollow
to trust our own quiet voice
not just blink & swallow?

To first check proven facts had once merit
while now vendor’s own sales pitch we parrot!

edited 07/02/2026 1440

When a car drives by
‘Diminutive Doggie’
gives instant chase. Why?
Due to thinking foggy

Feels compelled to chase
she runs off & away
with more grit than grace
looks not much like ballet

While chases with plenty pluck
stirring up dusty buzz
still hasn’t caught a car or truck
And if she ever does:

here we pose a stupendous stumper
would she lick or bite the rear bumper?

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-stumper = a particularly difficult or baffling question or problem

edited 10/07/24 1515

In this world newfangled
the roots of inequality
run deep, twisted, tangled
enmeshed in frivolity

Kept the hope of the poor stifled
while by the powerful rifled

edited 02/26/25 0755

Vad andra kallar ‘konstig’
kallar kon ‘vardaglig’
Vår branta, smala kostig
känns, vem vet, behaglig?

När åsikter går isär
uppstår det, av å till, besvär
Lätt att göra nån förnär
som sen gnager, kanske förtär

Ibland trots över blott en chimär
för det med sej långvarig misär

edited 05/04/25 0950