No Laughing Matter

We find ourselves with nothing to say
when the politics of the day
sound like the satires
of the politics of yesterday.

Now is what is for real,
but back then we thought, we knew,
that they were 'only' joking,
and we were in on the joke.

Now the jokes are on us,
and it happened without our knowing.

The Overcooked Life

Time is a nervous souffle.
It requires the right temperature
for the molecules to expand the mix,
until they stay fixed in their expanded form.

In the time of Covid 19 time has collapsed,
proving how relative it was all along. 

The Quieter Way

to confuse ourselves quietly is still superior
to confusing ourselves by making lots of NOISE. 

Gotta Serve Somebody

The slaves to wealth
become the masters of death
in the hope of being the acme of the living
by all who they hope to be seen by.

The Worst Kind Of Hope

is that depressing optimism,
the cheer that never gives up.

This is the cheer that has no 'stop' point,
and always believes, whatever the weariness,
however cheap the grace of the situation
the aim that will be met is is full restoration. 
     

A Darkness Shared

Might-only might-be a darkness halved and small step
on the path that goes beyond the need to be enlightened.  

Boys Will Cry

when the cause is good enough for them....—God damn you! You left me for another guy.. —Shit! I forgot to buy beer.. —Damn do these trunks squeeze my balls!