Ruler of Man
You have a phone meeting at noon,
address the issue head-on and soon.
Lobbyists are clawing at the doors.
I set up a press conference at four.
Jerry wrote you a speech
he typed it with his feet.
Suppose, he would have used his hands.
But, they were amputated per your demand.
Wednesday 4th October 2023 5:50 am
The Fall
Derek plummets from the summit
paper feathers attached
fashioned wings upon his back.
Lift him high through the clouds
gently swaying to the ground.
Each trip up the cliff
is a daunting grind.
Daily, Derek makes the climb.
The woods reveal a blissful calm.
But, nothing beats his daily fall.
Tuesday 3rd October 2023 1:19 am
Sunburn
Lawn mowers blast Arcadian cacophony.
I flick a mosquito off of me.
Sitting on my front porch step
nails painted in bright red.
Turning all the pages
of my science fiction.
Working on a suntan.
From dome to collarbone.
Cropped top and a houndstooth skirt.
Subjects, objects, and verbs
come and go
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:35 pm
wayward seasons
summer brings slurries
wicked sticky sleet drops
puddling, pooling, icicles dripping
slush gushes from the frosted rooftops
winter heat fries the egg
cracked on rocky road
melting the cream
burning the orange cone
Melbourne Falls, darkness dawns
sixty days of night
madness in the streets
kingdom of crime
Tamura Springs, sky rains cancer
the sakura flower lost
our beautiful reminder
...
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:32 pm
the wanderer and the gas
abandoned and left for dead
hundred and seven degree day
heat fueled the thirst, then the darkness came
bringing a chill to the plane
stratus clouds hovered knee high
a glowing glass bottle in sight
flowing with liquid vitamins and energy
only the dying would consume that gasoline
last drop of gas hits the tongue
bottled up stratus bits to take back home
no place to go, but grade A die...
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:30 pm
organic satanic tea
blood seeps thick to the roots
burst back out the bamboo shoots
oozing across the earth
sullying the dirt
we drench the world in blood
name of a toxic gov
fighting for a stretch of land
soldiers march on scarlet sand
they're soaked in the crimson red
mist of men, registered dead
plasma dripping down the mountain
running like a fountain
platelets burst from the peak
98.6 de...
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:29 pm
cheese weed
Lawn clippings left in my mouth
Finest cheese weed
Couldn't produce a lick of saliva
buzzing from the sativa
August 12, 2023
Somewhere in Michigan that night
Under the stars
Local highway, I heard the cars
Crickets chirping bars
Spaced out
Fade out
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:27 pm
Fat Bottom Betty
Dip in the driveway,
the water puddles and pools.
Huddled against my front door
I breathe in my smoke.
August 14th, 2023.
Exhaling through my nose
the tobacco that I chose,
Fat Bottom Betty.
Drew estates, Nicaraguan robusto,
choice of the aficionado.
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:24 pm
leaf
Been called a jabroni
for lighting a stogie.
Inhaling the relief,
exhaling my grief.
Dawn, August 13, 2023.
On my stoop I sit breathing
the aroma of the leaf.
Smoke caresses my cheek.
I inhale the thick smog,
my lungs give a cough.
Enjoy the taste of the leaf.
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:22 pm
Grandpa's Checkerboard
perched upon the table
made of oak and maple
stones carved of cedar and sycamore
is grandpa’s checkerboard
when mom and dad play rummy
the children squat down on the floor
checkers begin jumping
on that old checkerboard
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:20 pm
chariot race
mechanical horses line up at the gate
riders clad in straps of leather
contemplating their fate
Akira Koike takes up pole position
favored to win
his prized stallion fitted with
an atomic booster engine
the steed is comprised of HSLA steel
welded shut from muzzle to heel
the chariot attached is made of chromed magnesium
lightweight and strong with rivets of ...
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:18 pm
slingshot
gravity takes ahold of his body and shadow
talons, pinning his shade by the nape
on a cold night, dim lit stretch of pavement
underneath a flickering street light
wings, carrying his body and stretching his shade
rising through the stratosphere
rubber banding under the pressure
as gravity takes him to the peak
talons, slipping, falling from gravity’s feet
he shot back to...
Monday 2nd October 2023 8:00 pm
elk-horn bear
a bear with the antlers of an elk
slumbers on glacier ice
swimming in the arctic
cranks up the phonograph
blares heavy metal music
for the heavy metal riffs
the bear wakes up at sunrise
paws a bundle of fish
elk-horn bear dances
dances the Earth apart
the glaciers fall into the water
causing the tides to surge
Monday 2nd October 2023 2:28 pm
Rhyming Rant!
There's a certain snobbery to rhyming
I think it's all about timing
This modern lot say it's not their scene
It diminishes the artistic dream
No competitions are won by rhyme!
You've got to toe the trending line!
Wordsworth & Co would now be snubbed
His daffodils, critically, left unloved.
O Captain! My Captain!
O give it a rest!
Drop the rhyming! It's for the best...
Friday 23rd June 2023 7:30 am
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