Homo Hedera Helix

There’s one rakish attribute

Those Ivy Leaguers share

With the floral hallowers

Of their ancient, sacred halls…

They’re both invasive species.

Always The Way

Insistent demands

Seem to be

The currency

Changing hands

This Father’s Day.

Full Measures

Can any yardstick

Take the measure of a man

Without finding shortcomings?

~

Must those whom we laude

Be unblemished specimens?

Can’t we see them, worts and all?

The Trouble With Time Travel

It’s funny how a sudden smell

Carries us cross time and space

To a person and a place

Grateful we’ve not forgotten.

~

Sadly, though, it’s also true

That same scent can carry you

To a place that’s best forgot

Sparking ancient pain as well.

Florida Man…

A fat, bald, white guy

sporting third degree sunburn,

Speedos, and Ray-bans

and driving his Jag:

Donald Trump for President

twenty twenty four.