Tulip buds open
as daffodils slowly fade.
Soon, there will be irises
followed by honeysuckle.
Bussokusekika
First, Bull. Run!
In the distance, sharp,
the crack of rifle fire
echo high above farm ford
the peace thereof polluted.
Buffaloed
Here we go again:
one more white supremacist,
hopped up on Tucker Carlson,
popping off in nurtured rage!
Pet Lessons
Felines seldom play
Ambiguous, teasing games
Consequently Canines learn
It doesn’t pay to chase them.
UN-AMERICAN? EXCUSE ME?
Though we disagree
About this country’s problems
And about the solutions
We both remain patriots!
Among Us
There is lots of room
in which all of us may dwell
here between God and Satan…
even our politicians.
Close Encounters of the Cluster-B Kind
Darlin’, how I wish
you’d treat your costume jewelry
like they were all precious gems;
not the other way around!
Preemptive Requiem
Should I die today,
I trust that you’ll imagine
All the things I’d have to say.
Except, perhaps, I love you.
Open Mouth Insert Foot
There are times, my friends,
it’s better to be silent
than to just shoot from the hip,
saying any old damned thing
that springs to a senile mind!
He and His Glasses Case!
Look! Possessive Squirrel!
Dragging his bed place to place.
Material contagion.
Oh God, what hath humans wrought?
A Tangle But No Tumult
Basking in the balm
of this fire sale we lit,
ashamed at my schadenfreude,
yet still gleeful, all the same.
Pie In The Sky
If you want the moon,
Then bloody ask for the moon!
Demanding sun and stars too,
Nets you naught but resentment!
Internal Locus Lost
What Narcissism!
Forgetting how to control
both temper and car,
he lays heavy on his horn
trying, vainly, to control
actions of other drivers.
A Matins Prayer
Must there be drama
to christen every morning?
Can’t we vow and endeavor
to enjoy a silent dawn?
Aroil in Pain 