Category Archives: Arts and Literature

Good enough for who it’s for

By Frank Paynter | Published: April 23, 2024

To those who have inquired and anyone else interested in why Listics has been silent so long, I’m okay. The first quarter of 2024 has been difficult, but things are looking up. Two months ago I had a mild heart attack, but everything now is groovy. The cardiologist has given me a handful of pills [...]

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Praise song for the day:

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 20, 2024

A Poem for Barack Obama’s Presidential Inauguration By Elizabeth Alexander Each day we go about our business, walking past each other, catching each others’ eyes or not, about to speak or speaking. All about us is noise. All about us is noise and bramble, thorn and din, each one of our ancestors on our tongues. [...]

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Lonesome Death of Hattie Carroll

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 11, 2024

William Devereux Zantzinger died January 3, 2024 in Charlotte Hall, Maryland. tacar616 (1 month ago) I thank whoever put this up. I am the great-granddaughter of Hattie Carroll, and I have never heard the song until now William Zanzinger killed poor Hattie Carroll With a cane that he twirled around his diamond ring finger At [...]

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Happy Birthday Elvis, wherever you are…

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 8, 2024

Elvis Presley, the King of Bling. Fry yourself up a deelishus peanut butter, bacon, and banana sandwich on white bread, and pause for a moment to contemplate The King. Today he is, or would have been, 74 years old. They served cake today in the Elvis shopping center across US51 from Graceland.

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up all night in the studios

By Frank Paynter | Published: January 7, 2024

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Country Joe

By Frank Paynter | Published: December 30, 2024

Forty years… oh how the time does fly. For No Reason He wants to write words down On pieces of paper Recording them now And recalling them later. It remains a mystery The pages of history Outlasted the passing Of things that were dear to me. Those wonderful children With bright shining faces They waltzed [...]

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