Thursday, April 19, 2018

everybody thinks
(haiku)

everybody thinks
down deep they are good people
with just a few flaws

everybody thinks
they have lived eventful lives
and should write a book

everybody thinks
the world revolves around them
despite what they say

and everyone thinks
if the world suddenly ends
they'll somehow survive






Sunday, April 15, 2018

this world of ours
(haiku)

is like a riptide
for every two strokes forward
it pulls you back five

just when you give up
because it looks obvious
you're going to die

it lessens it's hold
and you find yourself floating
and gasping for air






Saturday, March 31, 2018

he had a dream
(tanka)

they keep killing blacks
and getting away with it,
blacks keep protesting

but nothing ever changes
cuz his dream was just a dream

-

jesus had a dream,
muhammad too and hitler
they all had big dreams

but they too lived in a world
where a dream is just a dream






Sunday, December 17, 2017

american healthcare
(haiku)

i don't know a soul
who gets medical treatment
they are happy with


(tanka)

everyone complains
doctors treat us all the same
like we are cattle

herded and categorized
at their holy convenience






Wednesday, October 25, 2017

who knew
(tanka)

now i'm seventy,
never thought i'd reach fifty,
it just goes to show

you can do everything wrong
and still end up an old man

(haiku)

it's almost a curse
i can afford anything
but i want nothing

but another breath,
maybe another twenty
years doing nothing






Saturday, August 19, 2017

the eclipse
(tanka)

wouldn't it be funny
if the eclipse didn't happen
and we all found out

scientists just made it up
like they did global warming

*

but everyone knows
it is going to happen
cuz science says so

yet some, like our president
believe science is a hoax






Thursday, July 27, 2017

getting old is weird

i know all these other old people who say they have copd
they say it like they think they're special or something,
like they belong to something, like they're apart of the team,
like they are team players taking their pills for the team

i don't know what copd stands for cuz i mute all commercials,
especially the pharmaceutical kind they bombard us with
through out the evening news or other prime, old people shows
to suggest all old people play along like it's a kind of game

like sickness is a game we can all play and enjoy like the people
who rollick in those commercials and with the right help, 
good god, you too might find yourself surrounded by loved ones
who are always so damn happy you bought the right pills