Category Humanity’s Insanity
Red Shifted
Watching the news last night Noticed something, caused a fright Stories full of depraved, depressing sights Ads for new medicines, so I will not die tonight Told who died, was shot, or another dastardly deed Told I can’t breathe, my ticker’s bad, but they have what I need A plane’s gone missing, a another new […]
Conflict of Interest
We all want it. We all want it all. We do. Do we? Or is that just a story we’ve been repeatedly told? Love, home, family, food, friends no longer hold Enough; fail to comprehend what enough may be New flashy car, a fancy man, a trophy wife to start All the latest apps we […]
When We All Know
Everybody dies So why do we try So hard to pretend We will never end Hold tight the ignorant Insanity of youth When we all know the truth This is not meant To cry false sentiment How we face this Whether with no solace You and I decide intent Or with aplomb Earth, water, fire, […]
Coffee Break’s Over
Thinking about meaning, life, the universe, everything And remembering the question’s answer is forty-two Fun and silly, but, I believe, it may be onto something The one percent, owning most of America, worry, too Statistically I recently heard, that in another sixty years Our wasp majority population figure will have dwindled The exact figure I […]
Never Live In Fear
How will we decide what to do, what to think, what we will think In our world of conflicting opinions, way too much information While we caper and cavort blindfolded, ever so close to the brink Believing we’re so ordinary, nothing extraordinary can be done When actions are performed beyond the pale, it will not […]
Blue Screen Cafes
What do expect, from texts Just the usual suspects How would that be With life the fee Head down Smile or frown Attention, intention locked In a little box, a pox Yet only letters in a row Like any word we don’t know Shorthand, perhaps But often slaps Is there reason to listen Moments to […]
Cart Before the Horse
If we made our lives wide open to reading, music, art How would we choose, decide where we should start Never relished classical, like in the Saturday cartoons Hate rock, jazz, yet to elevator Muzak you hum tunes Presentation may be wrong; nothing works every age Not just times around the sun; how each fills […]
You’re Not
No longer will we require any high-school senior To recognize the words sagacious or prevaricator I do not think that’s wise, to say I do, I’d be a liar As the dumber we become, the lower we’ll aspire The only smart things we’ll own are phones, cars And really, both are more intelligent than we […]
Sing a Different Tune
When I was very small, the lines and squiggles baffled me As I grew, what I learned of letters, numbers set me free I learned to imitate them; mine were large if done neatly Growing gradually smaller as I grew larger, exponentially For many years I could see all right, whether day or night Gradually, […]
Your Mother Should Know
Writing and art are my ways of sharing my views with the world I admit I often write about social issues and our need to change My dearest, darling one thinks I should write less and do more I have considered this; perhaps some time my life I’ll rearrange Yet what I paint and pixel […]
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