Self Portrait Recollections and Reflections continued… Being kicked off the highway a dozen in San Antoine can’t compare To a truckload full of rednecks who decide they want to cut your air The second car stopped for me and once inside I breathed a glad sigh All the way to L.A., then further North, I […]
Self Portrait Recollections and Reflections When I was a young boy, I larked about, didn’t have a care I think because I wasn’t self-reflective, somewhat unaware I lived then within the moment, I’m not sure when I stopped No thoughts of fate or destiny, just adventures to be topped Maybe my awareness shifted in a […]
What price sacrifice, what test passed, what good forgone? Do we know what to choose or if we’ve travelled far enough? Are we alone in interstellar space, do we race the setting sun? This can’t be; the glint of unshed tears in our eyes, a bluff? Calculated actions all designed to elicit a tender […]
A little white chapel on a neighborhood street Stands in a small California city, quite complete History adorns it from its whitewash to its style Those who remember most have a ghostly smile As eyes close or turn inward while they recollect No one who’s now alive remembers every aspect Early days tell that […]
Dangleling Coverstion Can we find our way to the winding path, Which leads through the woods’ darkness? Hold hands, be brave, support each other; Frightening it may be, but nothing’s forever. This only keeps my hope alive; it must change. Lemmings are weak models for how we march, Lockstep, dead eyes forward, seeing no […]
More certain and more frightening than death and taxes More pervasive, deadly and inevitable than a pandemic It will drive you buttier than a batterfly, watch the nets Wag your finger, shake your fist, hang your head and cry The presentation may be good, but you’ve seen it all before If you ever liked […]
Black and white and red A cat bats a pipe cleaner Young, old, shapes, colors Food and drink, laughter Thought, winding up and Winding down, voices Rising over, falling under Art, barely-heard music, Community and creation City views, sculpture, time Reminders of travel, place Eiffel Tower Lego, distance Interactions of youth similar And different […]
The Swansong of William Theodore Peacock? Stop up my ears and cover my eyes Redeem me from the nightly news From their blatant, calculated lies To the men behind the curtain, pay Pay no attention So-called leaders, smoke and mirrors Sleight of hand, misdirection and distraction Shall I evoke the message, style From an earlier […]
Jonas Jonathon Barnstable-Bailey does not like mincemeat pies If he could he’d tell you all of the many wherefores and the whys Yet when Granny makes them small, they have a strong attraction He will pick them up and lick the top no matter what the reaction He will quickly lick all the powdered […]
Strange, disturbing and unnatural, the sight I witnessed earlier today Two people, women, sitting outside, talking in the old-fashioned way No phones, smart or dumb, no tablets, no pads, no games, no e-readers, Could I detect anywhere. Should I go and warn our fear-filled leaders? Anyone not plugged in twenty hours per day might […]
