Simple Arithmetic 

(haiku)

One bad apple cop

shoots the guy seventeen times

then walks away free.

Six other cops watch,

do absolutely nothing

and make no arrests.

Okay, how many bad apple cops do we have?

What God Probably Thinks 

(haiku)

It's hard to express 

how thoroughly disgusted 

I am with this world.

So much potential,

so much opportunity

just wasted away.

In my name I think

they will destroy everything

I love and cherish.

16 Credits

Some people say you gotta get an education

You ain't going nowhere if you don't got one

You study all night and sit in class all day

Then you come up short when it's time to pay

You pass all the classes and what do you get

Another day older and a deeper in debt

Saint Peter don't you call me 'cause I can't go

I owe my soul to the college loan store

College these days reminds me of Tennessee Ernie Ford's 16 Tons

  Bad Habits Look Alike  

(haiku)

I gave up smoking

for a number of reasons

but mostly because

I worried too much

about running out of smokes

or forgetting them.

Much like it must be

if you're hooked to a smart phone

you can not forget.

Always on your mind
like a monkey on your back
never letting go.