Sometimes I wish that questions were answers And that wondering was understanding And that hoping was achieving And wishing was having I wish sometimes that ignorance was knowledge If questions were answers I’d ask them all day
The Titans
Ten tall trees Together Towering They thrive through the tests The threats The trauma Thanks to the trees That tree This tree Those two trees These three trees That tree there They truly triumph Those trees Towering timelessly Titans
Of a squirrel's mate
One seldom thinks of the worry Of a squirrel’s mate Who waits Restless With nervousness For a spouse who will never return We seldom consider What effect that loss Will have on the children And on their children Roadkill That’s what most of us think Nothing beyond that We certainly don’t think of the worry […]
Granny Film Recently
“granny film recently” Those three words just came to me Inexplicably (A modifier that fits much of what My mind does to me) Three unrelated words Unrelated, until now Came up to the front Of my mind somehow I thought at first They could not be used By me A thought which was Quickly disabused […]
The fear of a newborn fly
What’s that spider’s Favorite color? Does my dog prefer Comedy or drama? What’s the mood of This tomato plant? And, does a tree Think of its mama? Is a bird fascinated By the view it enjoys Or no more than we are By the sidewalk? Do miniscule pieces Of colored dust Feel a sense of […]
Seems that way
Slipping down It’s all slipping down It’s always slipping down At least it seems that way When it’s slipping down You can grab it But you can’t hold it You can hold it But you can’t keep it You can keep it But you can’t control it It seems that way When it’s slipping down […]
Knock knock
A dog walks into a bar The things we think of Who knows why? And who cares really It’s just things And his owner says, “Hey, buddy, how did you get in here?” And he gets up, and walks out With his best friend “You ready to go home, pal?” The dog wags his tail […]
The fly and the thing the fly is watching
Your grandiose despairs Opaque to you Transparent to others I don’t mean to point The finger at you— It’s me, too All of us really Lacking outer perspective After all, one can’t be the fly on the wall, and Also be the thing the fly is watching,Can one? Looking at yourself With external eyes Imagine […]
To my ex-friends
Violence begets Violence This begets that If you eat and Eat and eat You will beget fat We are what we do And we do what we want And we want what we do To be what we want To do what we want To be I spite you and You smite me and I […]
Always and Never
Toilet paper roll On the back of the toilet She wonders why it isn’t on The dispenser. Every time, she asks herself why Every time, she wonders why She never asks him When the time is right And she always gives in too easy He can’t stand it When she says how she feels But […]