Tag Archives: mayhem
Too Little, Too Late
Since up is down, down is up Although neither is the other Stand upon your head to sup Don’t know why you’d bother Life finds me dizzy some days Even when I don’t spin about Punched right between my eyes I feel so full of angst and doubt I think the world is turned over […]
Twixt Art and Eternity
What waits within us; what secrets might it seek Are we merely meat puppets, if bold or if meek We think we’re the best, after our upward climb Before we see artwork that is more than sublime We are staggered, stunned, stopped in our tracks In transcendent beauty, ugly, fair, nothing it lacks Inner truth […]
The World I Love
(To the tune of: The Man I Love – Gershwin) Now the yellow gloom cannot gleam Ev’ry night I dream an awful dream All the worse the harm has made me scream No he or she Although I despise, I tell you true It is almost sure my dream will come true To me it’s […]
Bet an Orangutan
My lips turn down, my shoulders slump Each time I hear news of Donald Trump Summer of the Donald my friend decried Honestly, I think I’d rather be circumcised He’s such a perfect candidate, you shout Spouting he will fix it all, no concrete plans Supporters don’t care, so won’t be found out His words […]
Spare Change
I say it and I say it and I say it again. I say it this way, I say it that way, I say it another way. No one listens. Perhaps I’m preaching to the converted, but I cannot tell. Give me an Amen. Somebody. Anybody. Please. I realize I write for me before others, […]
Olduvai Gorge and the Origin of Human Ecological Dominance
Earth Day – 2015: Took a while to post, but here it is Tired, cranky, cold and standing much too long Other people, let in early, will sit in front of me At a talk about the rise of human eco-dominance Eco equals ecological, also equals now economy Those that’s got gets, learned at my […]
A Better View
I often wonder, how did we get into this mess I mean, we did not choose to grow our brain Who decides to confront predators, such stress Sharp fang and claw, able to cause acute pain Where else in the universe, would you suppose Evolution played this little joke, what survived Not really a joke […]
This Doctor Said
I This doctor said I might be crazy No real worry, if the doc’s unsure I get twisted, my mind most mazy Will I get out; will they find a cure Well’s bottom, as water gets deep The bucket is broken, rope frayed Am I but dreaming, still fast asleep Fear to discover my candle […]
I Do Not Understand
Though I consider myself a spiritual person and the universe spiritually enlivened, I do not understand belief in god, any god. Personally, it seems a concept we use to explain what we cannot understand. We use such an imagined being or beings to grant blessings to our endeavors, no matter whether they are well-meaning and […]
In the Key of E – Energy
Sad to say, you’ll wonder, the prince of darkness has lost his place The world outside informs me the king of darkness wears that face Or is only me who is lost, despite the daily horrors we are shown Only me and only I who believes that humanity’s sanity has flown Choices and choices upon […]