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Am I?
Am I? ~~~~~ Does everyone feel the need to create Or only to impose order on the chaos? Is a search for a higher purpose innate, A way to handle death, since we must? All creators, I think, have some doubts. For any who believe, did god feel this? Omniempathetic, god must have bouts. […]
Of Course
Of Course ~~~~~ Why, of course, it’ll cost a lot. It cannot be any good, if not. Do you really believe this true, Just a bill of goods sold to you? Would you matter either way? Would it matter any given day? It cannot matter that I can see; You know, never comes for free. […]
Cannot Imagine
Cannot Imagine ~~~~~ Have you this modern truth brought home, Your devices, machines, smarter than you? With all their various prompts and screens, Your car and phone communicate, so new. New to me; I’m old, adult before this time. My first job, each file kept on paper alone, Eight jobs in, till a mainframe I […]
Life in the Time of Pandemic ~ 2020
Life in the Time of Pandemic ~ 2020 ~~~~~ Life is trying to stretch us thin, our circumstances extenuated; we must not pretend. Lies, treasons, tries, reasons, bring denials, excuses, accusations, misdirections, blame. Death and life, fraught emotions, fear, sorrow, danger from friends, family, strangers. Lack of support, no recourse, leads to requested sequester, masks […]
Life in the Time of Pandemic ~ 2020
Life in the Time of Pandemic ~ 2020 ~~~~~ Life is trying to stretch us thin, our circumstances extenuated; we must not pretend. Lies, treasons, tries, reasons, bring denials, excuses, accusations, misdirections, blame. Death and life, fraught emotions, fear, sorrow, danger from friends, family, strangers. Lack of support, no recourse, leads to requested sequester, masks […]
Point, Counterpoint
Point, Counterpoint ~~~~~ Patterns, all is patterns The world over We struggle to comprehend Seeing faces In the rug Monsters, creatures, demons In chipped paint Puddles on the street Yet, we deny Or try Abnegate such apparitions As fancy only Too frightened To believe It might be another Reality Until art Intrudes in all forms […]
What Time? What Hope?
What Time? What Hope? ~~~~~ Being greedy In small steps. Grabbing what, What you want, As though It’s yours, By right Or rite. Casting bones, Waving feathers, Odds and ends Imbued with power. At midnight, Any hour Darkness hides Our fright, Our trepidation, Nervous laughter. Hoping, hoping, Longing to know The secret, Wrest the prize, […]
That’s Why
That’s Why These days, life feels so crazy and confusing. It does not one bit of good to keep refusing. I simply cannot spend all my time snoozing. I find no answers in the books I’m perusing. I am told it’s about the winning and losing. And I think this more than a little bemusing. […]
Amelia’s Garden
Amelia’s Garden ~~~~~ Jacob Jonathon Johansson-Jost, a poet, scholar, philosopher to most, In his eyes, he’s failed, though only he sees, Yet, he is proud, chin held high, with dignity. After breakfast, he pauses in his study doorway lighted by the windows that face the garden, her garden, Amelia’s garden. He turns and surveys the […]
Waving Goodbye, Waving Hello
Waving Goodbye, Waving Hello ~~~~~ The rumble-tumble shocks of the grey-green ocean Crashing and smashing rocks, in perpetual motion. The sand’s captured by the sea, carried near and far, Far-land’s fractures, sift from the waves, join ours. ~~~~~ Peace is Purpose, Nonviolence is Strength, Diversity is Unity, Empathy is Empowerment ~~~~~ Please, leave a comment […]