just liking someone
doesn’t make them competent
as good intentions
don’t always lead to results
expected by the doer
tanka
before you go into your conscience car wash…
help me understand
you’re willingly supporting
a racist rapist
are you really profiting
that much from selling your soul
relatively speaking…
things aren’t all that bad
no mass extinction events
deaths of young children
just 15,000 per day
certainly things could be worse
nostradamus note # 2…
in man’s final war
victory eludes mankind
nature claims the prize
clearing the earth of debris
and showing man no mercy
that’s not a joyful noise…
with relatively
little fanfare death arrived
but his departure
filled the air with tearful moans
that shook the gates of heaven
they’re just dying…
more friday drink rounds
no one looks up at the screen
flood victims and such
first round draft picks the topic
wished they’d continued with sports
imperceptible to some…
©2019 Charles Wm Martin
i hear faint heart beats
pulsing and growing each day
like molten anger
veins pumping with odium
ready to bleed uncontrolled
