You Are What You Eat

~ A fly in the ointment,       had no appointment; he did what he wanted to do:   All was free-fare       with everything there! and he fed to his fill until through.   Then being thus sated,       still nothing abated his eating – so he ate, and he ate.   Now, the fly […] Continue reading

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Last Day

~ Each day     a last day,   ’til the next one     begins.   each day     a next day,   from the last day     that ends.   ~ Again!    a last day!     A last day addends   onto the next day,     ’til the […] Continue reading

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Perhaps

  Did I do the right thing by stopping to visit? To pay my respects   to his mother?   Or should I have stayed   away from her house? My presence, perhaps,   unwanted.   Perhaps I was seeking   solace or grace. Contrition, perhaps,   was way out of place.   The quiet […] Continue reading

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It Jest Might Be Hominy

  Once, I was Younger and wild with the Hunger for the footloose,      and be fancy free.   But then, I grew older; I became an up-holder for the socio-respons-     ibility.   And now, that I’m Ag-ed, some say that I’m too Sag-ed; for I spew forth in much      […] Continue reading

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Abiding Time

  ~ The third week of March and winter malingers, with snow in the spots    winter still lingers.   I’m walking the sidewalks   with old Isabelle – she’s thirteen, but may well   be ninety.   And Bob bumbles by,   himself aged plenty. Old Bob is a grad,   summa cum laude. […] Continue reading

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Bury me under the Joshua Tree

~ Bury me under the Joshua Tree, it’s said to live for two-hundred years, and then, maybe some more.   One, two, three or some sundried hundreds of years, is for sure.   And who wants to stay when they’re mostly away from Life and its Strife and all passion?   I’m telling you, if […] Continue reading

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Old Sea Dogs

  The Blab of the Wave of Modern Day Poetry, A Babylonian Babble of Bubble, the Flotsam and Jetsam of every new Word,   non-ausculatable.   And nothing,    though something, is everywhere heard,   I cannot but think that somehow the Poesy   sails on the swells of a rather rough sea;   Each […] Continue reading

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Act 3: Curly’s Garage

  That firtst night     that we met, Was it Curly’s Garage?   There, where no cars     are allowed At the table.   The Full Moon was set     like a Pearly Mirage. The Stars followed out     like a Sable.   You walked in the joint     with […] Continue reading

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Amicitias

Out!  Out!     Out with the rain! a man and a dog    traverses. The water rolls off,   and more follows down, falling to fill up    more spaces. Cur!  Cur!     both dog and man! They curry to each other’s favor. One leads the way,   the other one follows, slogging […] Continue reading

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The Lucky Penny

  Pick Up    a Lucky Penny.   Put it   in your pocket.   Keep it,   fast store it, safe away.   Head’s Up,   that’s Luck!   That’s Good Luck   you’ve found.   Head’s Down,   turned around, turn it over.   Or,    toss it away –   Or,   […] Continue reading

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Geococcyx

The Geococcyx  will stand his own ground; the fastest Cuculidae  of family around. He still knows no Latin,  at least so I’ve found, nor none other lingua,  but still has a sound. And though he’s full-feathered,  he’s unfettered, un-bound. This rapid roadrunner,  where his speed is profound, is unknown, but only  by cartoons – Renowned! […] Continue reading

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Anapestic Hunger

I need        to get back     to that feeling        before.   The one        at the time     that my parents        ignored.   The same one        in my own son     which I now        abhor. […] Continue reading

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Bouillabaisse Nation

    The two sides are vying,   “foul” all the same,   casting aspersions,   disparaging names.   Each follows a Dogma,   holds each other to blame   for the problems we’re having;   yet, they seem to gain!   A bouillabaisse cauldron,   a Political game.   Two side, like children,   […] Continue reading

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