Category Modern Life
Only Who I Am
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Words, for me, wind down My art draws me, to paint All my words, all the words Any language, form, intent Incomplete to curry change Still I grasp I’ll persist, scribbling Verses, essays, stories, more Offering vision, being, truth My truth, which the universe Fills […]
Too Late
Please, comment if you can and let me know what you think. People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Within these days of isolation, silence, consumed by noise and confrontation, Have you remembered those you love, Remembered in time, said, I love you? Thought will mean nothing when alone. Wonder what will […]
An IMMODEST PROPOSAL
“War is Peace; Freedom is Slavery; Ignorance is Strength; Trumpery is Reality” ~~~~~ I have vowed to mark this tragic date by offering my Immodest Proposal until we come to our senses regarding gun violence. Unfortunately, I may have to post this the rest of my life. Though this will appear on December 15th for […]
Streets Run Crimson
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ All of our greedy, gutless impeders Who aid the spineless fool at large, Do all they can and nothing much To keep their simple tool in charge. Non-conceder; he we did discharge. But not Mitch; he remains at large. As a dozen plus Attorneys General […]
Not Yet
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ I feel like I have run out of gas, though I have not yet stopped. I should say, yet to stop trying. I wonder, will 2020 never end? ~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment Unite the World! ~~~~~ […]
Physical World
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ It’s time for my annual physical. At this moment, I’m feeling fine, cleaner than a proverbial whistle. At least, both my hands are clean. I washed for 20 seconds at home. Sanitized my hands out of my car. Again, when I entered the office. Had […]
Afflicted
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Afflicted Variations on a theme by PBH For the United-States failure to act. Masks and distance became required. While you got let go, laid off or fired, COVID-sick; do your eyeballs bleed, while with your fickle gods you plead? Go crazy; nothing’s what you […]
Dashboard Toy in a Clear Plastic Box
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ In the car parked next to mine, A trapped mime in extreme. No subtle gesture here. He beats his head on his Plastic walls repeatedly. What this could be for, What it should mean, I cannot begin to fathom. A metaphor for a strange something, […]
If Only
People Over Politics, Survival Over Surrender, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ A concert, if only in my living room. If only, I say, though I can access zoom. I could be on the street, cold and alone, Clutching my belongings; I cannot atone For following fools who led, pretended. Their casual cruelty cannot be defended. Nor […]
Is It Too Late?
People Over Politics, Country Over Capitulation, World Over Wealth! ~~~~~ Do you ever wonder what went wrong? Our many religions say we should be good. We’re singing different parts of the same song. Is it too late to wonder what we misunderstood? ~~~~ Unite the World! Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, […]