Finding Calvin Part. 1- 4 - Raised Beds (Updated 7/16/24)

 

The Jelly Man scurries 

And he's feeling the heat 

He hurries to the valet 

Gets his car and he flees 

Now he's back on the road 

And he's giddy with glee 

Almost losing one's freedom 

Is exhilarating 

He regains self-control 

And the locus beneath 

And he's s focused on the place *

Where he still has to be 

For with his new approach  

And his soccer jersey 

He still must learn how to hone *

His lieability 

[...]

Choe is to food

As Ju is to chew

And Song is to sing 

As jelly is to spoon

At least that's what he thought 

Waiting to buy his jersey and shoes 

Plus he liked the star and the stripes

With the patriotic red, white, and the blue

But he never played the game

And he doesn't know the rules

What will the Mexicans think

If he doesn't know about this Ju

He can just say it's a gift

From his niece or nephew

It'll make him looked loved

And a family man too

But all this reminiscing 

And ruminating to boot 

Distracts him from driving 

So he turns on some tunes

Later than expected 

He checks into his room

Finding its lavender bed

And its pillowy view

He wakes up at around seven

And he checks his hairdo

It looks complementary

To his jersey, jeans, and new shoes

On his drive to the restaurant 

He'd go over what he'll do

He thinks about his demeanor 

And his general attitude

He thought being the cool boss 

Wasn't impositional truth

It was a shared understanding

An all-encompassing view

So he thought of some ticks 

Some things he could do 

To show them he's the same

Therefore trustworthy too

Sometimes he would scratch 

Sometimes he would stretch

He'd even rub his chin

To show them that he's stressed 

Once in a while he'd stare 

And absurdly laugh too

For he saw that behavior

In almost every classroom 

But he'd have to make sure 

That others shared the same view

And he'd have to be looking 

At the weirdest one in the room

This was a cool tactic 

All the cool kids would use

And now as the cool boss

He decided to too

As he arrives cool and measured 

He sees a worker in view 

So he makes the added effort

To show him he's the dude

[Mestuffstuffstoplease]

What's up bro

Is Rodrigo inside

[Worker]

Yeah, he should be

[...]

He gives him a thumbs up 

As he continues his stride

For cool bosses can't stop

They have big fish to fry

He winks at the hostess 

As he grabs a mint from her basket

For cool bosses don't ask

They just take what they're having 

As he walks in the kitchen 

He receives a few glares

But a cool boss always knows

How to look when he's there

As he finds Rodrigo

He gives him a fist bump

And asks if he's ready

To go over all of this stuff

[Mestuffstoplease]

You ready to go over all of this stuff

[Rodrigo]

What do you mean

[Mestuffstoplease]

To go over the modus operandi

Are you ready

[Rodrigo]

Oh, yeah, sorry, but the way you're dressed through me through a loop

Interesting choice...are you a fan

[Mestuffstoplease]

Oh, it's a gift from my niece

[Rodrigo]

Is she adopted

[Mestuffstoplease]

What do you mean?

[Rodrigo]

Oh, nothing, it's just an interesting choice, that's all

[Mestuffstoplease]

She just really loves her country

[Rodrigo]

Ah, okay.  Do you play?

[Mestuffstoplease]

Once in a while, but just for fun

[Rodrigo]

Cool bro.  We play at the plex on Saturdays
You should come 

[Mestuffstoplease]

I'll keep that in mind

[...]

Being the cool guy 

Isn't as easy as it seems 

He'll have to look inside 

And reimagine what he sees

[Mestuffstoplease]

So what's the chatter
Have you heard anything 

What do people think 

Of the service and jellies

[Rodrigo]

Great Jefe
I mean I've heard no complaints

[...]

On his way out the kitchen
He fixes up a jellied biscuit
He chooses a flavor 
That matched his current vision

[Mestuffstoplease]

No complaints is no bueno
We need to know what people think 

So we can decide where this goes

[Rodrigo]

Comprende

But most people don't complain

Because most people are nice
Besides most people know kitchens
And what they do there inside

[Mestuffstoplease]

You're right

I think we need to make a change
Something that'll shed some light
We're going to knock down that kitchen wall
And let them see what they'll find

And to complement what they'll see
We'll help to refreshen their sight

We're painting the walls green
With vegetable and fruit designs 

[...]

Mestuffstoplease somewhat keeps his guard up

For he hasn't seamlessly combined

Being the consummate professional

And at the same time being the cool guy 

But he would get through it

One cool step at a time 

He'd make reasonable gestures 

And efforts at humor sometimes 

And though problems have been solved 

There's a sort of a different kind 

For though his jellies are involved 

They're not receiving prime time 

[Mestuffstuffstoplease]

I see my jelly schema on the tables

And I see my jelly on the jelly racks

But how much jelly have you produced 

With the jelly ingredients that I sent

[Rodrigo] 

Without anywhere to ship them

I only have a few dozen in the back

But I'm afraid to make more 

For the lack of orders that we have 

[Mestuffstoplease]

Rodrigo, it'll be fine

Just make the jelly

The orders will come

[Rodrigo]

I don't know, Jefe

I mean this is a restaurant

We need space for product 

That we sell every day

In fact we'd be better off 

Putting the jelly we made 

In the pies and the cakes 

[...]

Mestuffstuffstoplease snaps

And he conjures up the past

For the first time in his life

He would sound just like his dad

[Mestuffstoplease]

I don't give a hoot and holler about the pies and cakes

You make that damn jelly 

In fact jelly in the cupcakes 

Jelly on roast beef

Jelly where you can jelly

For that is the Pieman's dream

And you tell the chef I said that too *

I want all of us on the same page going forward

I want people leaving here knowing about jelly

If that happens the jelly will sell...

In fact, I want a jelly stand by the hostess

And you make it pretty like

[Rodrigo) 

Yeah, no problem, Jefe

[...]

Though not quite as he remembered

He did remember his father's frustration

But it involved some farm equipment 

And his farmstead's coy technician 

He seemed like he was a good man

And purchased without competition

And then pimped out to his father's friends

And fellow farmers for a commission 

But that was a long time ago

And that's a different preoccupation 

Instead of his father's farmstead

He chose to focus on his creations

For he fell in love with his berry bushes

And weaving paths to his amazement 

For their number seemed incalculable 

And he couldn't see beyond their raised beds

But now his passions are in the past

And have turned into business obligations

For he needs to sell his jelly fast

For his upcoming mansion payments 

And just like the raised berry beds

Money can lead to obfuscation 

But it can also be a pleasing view

Depending on the viewer and his summation 

So it seems quite the same 

With his new lifestyle alterations

Once he gets his jelly income stream

He can enjoy the firstfruits of his creations

On his way back to his hotel room

He enjoys the scenic drive's location
For the horizon is a majestic sight
With the green sky fluctuation

From the corner of his bright blue eye

He sees a Gmail notification 

For the many jelly orders on standby

Replicating in silent procreation