The Monster’s Goal

Deception is like having a really good frosting on a bad cake. It’s only after you’ve had that first bite that you realize the truth! I see the shine, but know the truth is undermined I hear the glory and love in feeling’s expression  And see the knowledge of failure and deception But, how can … Read more

The Sinking Ship of Fools

I am on a sinking “Ship of Fools”  Gas tank is empty,  The sail in shreds, The rudder lost in the deep sea, No Life boats  To save you or me. The deck is crowded with gasping passengers Escaping the poverty and disease below,  Everyone needing clean air, The food is rotting  The water is … Read more

Humpty Trumpty

Humpty Trumpty, the president of all He and his cronies, atop his Mexican Wall Then along came a virus Instigating the fall  Someone blew his nose And it all came down The money market, economy And ‘His’ phony crown Big and small Rational reason foundered in human greed None could consider how to provide what … Read more

Life Without Dreaming

There is something about  Standing in the madness and searching for reasons Taking us to the inventions of thought’s imagination  Fantasy trying to cope with loss In the character of feelings  And “Here I am.”  And also, “Here we are.” Embedded in day-to-day labors of needing  Surviving in distraction and engagement  Focusing on each step … Read more

Bad Taste

I don’t know lots of stuff.  I’m deeply depressed  If one wants to call reality depressing I’m simply not wanting to meet the challenge  Of life as it is.  But, I have been crying in my beer for some time.  I don’t want to meet the taste of “Real” any more.  So, what should I  … Read more

‘Tis the Season

Fall shifting  From out to in Chill to hot Far to close Ground baren Blowing in mess Distance greater No more cherries Leaves collapse Darkness greys the day Sweater’s paint the colors Jackets and hats Hold back the cold Barbeque moves inside Golf turns to football   Football to basketball  Christmas is born in the mall … Read more

Let Me Explain

Where do I go in this empty space? I feel I am following in inertia  More than meaning  And that this is part of getting from here to there Perhaps it is time for distraction? But I don’t think so  Not knowing where to go Is that which fills the gaps in time’s spaces  It … Read more

Evolution’s Hair

The breeder’s take in erection’s size Determined to breed himself first prize Into future’s physical kind Regardless of the smarter mind. Glory and glamor complex Dance in the toilet of ego reflections   With the forces of sex Hiding truth in passion’s selections In the reality of human’s nature kind In its primal thrust  That continues … Read more

I Don’t Make the Rain

I don’t make the rain But I have to respond to wet Then give its powers respect There would be nothing without it Life is rain Rain is life Too much of either Can make you drown Too much life will do the same Too little will wilt the land And starve the need to … Read more

Cosmic Evolution and the Human Mind

In the beginning there is no eye to see. From there to now the mind awakens in order to be  Able to observe and discover  Cosmic meaning. And so biology   Sets about trying to watch Itself  To learn to look at what it is doing.  Not with large eyes yet But close in vision for … Read more