Balance Sheet

A wise, sad, smile,
Expressed in verse,
Leaves some hope,

Might reimburse
What was lost,

Helps you cope,

It could be worse...

Impermanence

She knew it couldn't last
But had no clue that
It would fall apart so fast

She Knows

The meaning of life?
Don't ask me,
Ask my wife:

It's a chase
After wealth,
While minding
Your health,

And your body fat,

Simple as that...

After Midnight

Deep into the city night
Drinks are poured in
Places out of sight
Dim rooms which keep
The day alive for
Those who do not sleep

South Chicago

At the wrong time
In the wrong place
Nothing will stop
The shot to your face
By a bullet fired
At a target
Mistakenly acquired

Hey Jude

The forgotten feeling
Comes back strong
During the chorus of
A Beatles song
Its power is real
But it won't last long

Interstellar

Launched, with hope,
On a mission to Mars...

Thereafter, forgotten
And lost in the stars...

Humans hurtling
Through space
And disappear
Without a trace...

Resignation

Knowing why, is better
Than nothing at all,
Aware of the wind
In my face, as I fall...

3:33

Three thirty three,
A.M.,
And it's just me.

And the clock,
Goes
Tick-tock, tick-tock...

Early AM Convection

Thunder rumbles heard
Before dawn's arrival
Awakes a sleeping bird
Which then sings
A warning of
What morning brings

Comfort Medicine

When your day was too long
And not much went right
Have some fried chicken
And cold beer that night

Manchester

Too dull, too high,
To see through the
Manipulative lie,
That could
Somehow justify
The shrapnel
He let fly,
Too brainwashed
To understand why,
His act was as
Empty as desert sky,
His legacy will
Only horrify...

Rural Blight

Small town losers, too bored to farm,
Drive down dirt roads to convene
At the gas station and mini-mart,
Where they posture and preen,
Full of opioid bluster and
Country meth-amphetamine...

Eggs And Hops

A dull day's mood
And atmosphere
Fundamentally changed
By breakfast beer

Road Median Maintenance

The weeds are decimated
By the road-crew's attack,
Later on, the roots make
Their plan to come back,
The power of the green,
Continues underneath
The chopped stalks, unseen...

Can't Make A Horse Drink

As far as I can discern,
Life is unfair, and wisdom
Is something you earn,
Yet there be the morons
Who live, but never learn...

Mars Mission

A probe crawls across the surface of Mars,
Gathering  data for a cursed race, which
Hopes to survive by colonizing stars,
But such hopes, and scientific plans,
May not come to fruition,
May be dropped by harried hands
Too busy with politics, and things
Which only, a human, understands...

A 1970's Thing

Madman across the water
Was a song by Elton John
The meaning of it all
Was lost before it was gone...

Our Curse

Things start falling apart when
The peace is inherited
By angry young men

我慢

She suddenly attacks, and I dive
To low-altitude and evade
The whirring blows and blasts
For I've learned survival is made
By hiding one's indignation
And anger best left undisplayed

Entomological Mission

From its base
Beneath the drain,
Using a tiny
Efficient brain,
The cockroach,
Plans its
Quiet approach,
To the place where
Some crumbs remain...

Shopping Therapy

If other ways to
Lift her spirit fail,
She'll find solace
In retail,
Her negative pall
Dissipates during
A day at the mall...

Undeciphered

The unsolved question
Nags itself into
An obsession,
A cancer
In search of
An answer...

Emergence

First green day of heat
Time to sound the alert
As the insects are
Emerging from the dirt
And some will resume
Their attempts to
Infiltrate my room...

Terminal

Each day
I spend,
Knowing
It will end...