Give it Up

It's sad to say but
you look like silly, old lady
 hangin' onto a dream
 that can never come true.
 
Give it up,
give it up,
find new dreams,
before you die.

You wander 'round the city,
looking for the one you left behind,
but you lost him,
you lost him with your pride.

Give it up,
give it up,
find new dreams,
before you die.

You thought you'd call him back some day,
But you never got around to it.
Life chewed you up and spit you out,
now there's nothing left to hit.

Give it up,
give it up,
find new dreams,
before you die.

There's nothing left of charm and grace.
Just tear-runneled skin and flabby thighs.
You wasted time by chasing,
and pleasing, other guys.

Give it up,
give it up,
find new dreams,
before you die.

You need a hobby, girl.

©Ellen Pepper 2026

Just a Few Minutes

 

 

The macro is too intense.
Wars, tariffs, crimes against nature,
disease outbreaks, lies, 
murders, rapes, 
and evils without end.

I'm going to need a few minutes to myself, if you don't mind.


The micro is weighing me down.
Property taxes and bill payments due;
dentist needs money, too.
Snow continues to fall. As do temperatures.

I'm going to need a few minutes to myself, if you don't mind.


The feral cats are about to go on walkabout -
looking for love in all the wrong places.
All the other animals are suffering winter famine.
Life is a hard thing to live, in the wild.

I'm going to need a few minutes to myself, if you don't mind.


The world is wailing in its sleep.
So much pain and sorrow.
Nobody can see a better tomorrow.
Grief is all around.
The white house is hosting a clown without a mind.
It's all gone to shit.

I'm going to need a few minutes to myself, if you don't mind.


Things are about to shift in order to
repair this horrific misalignment.
How can we hurry it along?
We can't. 
Patience is needed for the aspects to unite.
Keep the focus on the incoming change.

I'm going to need a few minutes to myself, if you don't mind.
Take a few minutes for yourself, I don't mind.


©Ellen Pepper 2026
quote: Anne Lamotte

And here we are...

 

I'm tired.
So tired.
Very, very tired.

Day after day,
relentlessly,
The "news" comes out.
It's always "BREAKING!"

It's always another atrocity...
savage cruelty,
lawlessness,
soul-crushing squalor,
addiction to torturing the innocents.

And those in high places,
those mighty,
those powerful...
are fattening themselves on misery.

The cost of their social events -
parties, weddings, cocktails and meetings -
could pay for decent housing and food
for everyone.
Everyone.
With plenty left over for the philanthropists.

There'd be no dire poverty,
no death by lack of medical care,
no starving, ailing children.
The only kids they value are those they desire
to defile
and then toss away like trash.

They're callous and cruel.
They're selfish, and tools of commerce.
They lack conscience and care.
Their souls have been put on ice,
preparatory to spending eternity in hellfire
and damnation.

Meanwhile,
I'm tired.
Every decent person is tired.
We're flagging.
The daily onslaught against all that is good
makes 'just surviving' a Sisyphean struggle
with no discernible relief in sight. 

We need a time out but can't afford to lose focus -
not for even a moment.
Lives will end unless we continue to pay attention 
and
RESIST.


©Ellen Pepper 2026