Truth, According

Truth went a courtin’ and he did ride uh huh

Truth went a courtin’ and he did ride uh huh

Truth went a courtin’ and he did ride

Lies took over; reality died.

Truth went a courtin’ and he did ride uh huh.

1/4/2012

Without a Good Scare

On a day when white death
melts the souls of freed demons,
I see their skeletons dancing around
the playing field where so much dies.

Bones flail under tenuous connections
in ritualized madness, a sacrifice to failure
we all will be buried under until thaw of
next harvest and new demons take flight.

11/7/11

Precious Bones

You and your precious bones
sway and arc in ways that make
us drift in the wind and grow
out from granite. They splinter
in shards that will thankfully do us in,
pierced
loved
fractured
into a haystack mound
of one carefully layered memory.

9/13/11

No Wings

Each day I am more
an Old Man just waiting
to be poked and prodded,
singing only at night.

9/8/11

Old Age Wisdom

Dilute my whiskey

over ice these days
watered down.
It used to be
straight up,
like my anger.
I’m still drinking
nonetheless.

7/21/11

Columbus Avenue Freeze Out

Removing ugly memories
should be as easy as freezing
away warts. I can only hope
to contain the spreading virus.

7/20/11 

Mis (use)

Mischievous
and maniacal
are words to
always be
pronounced
and used
correctly.

7/15/11