senators take note…

i saw
the brown bag prophet
parking
a 1954
austin healy
bug-eyed sprite
in
the public parking lot
behind
the court-house
as
he
walked around
the corner
i
mentioned
the disparity
between
what he
presents
his financial situation
to be
and
what it
apparently
is
he smiled
and
gave
no direct response
to my
comment
instead
said
if you
want
to
seriously
consider
disparity
recall
that
driving
under the influence of alcohol
will land you
in jail
so
what does
governing
under the influence of
insanity
get you

 

presidential shared guilt absurdity…

we’ve heard this before
like victims of rape are blamed
for being women

what looms…

you’ve threaded your dreams
through hope’s eye of a needle
with tomorrow’s yarns
but what if they’re moth-eaten
broken by death’s slightest pull

apparition…

whisper those night words
words of your unending love
let me dream again

recalling…

a spring walk
a country church
meadows brushed with wind
youth choir voices of praise
sermon short and sweet
picnic after prayers
eyes of a first love

unintentional…

these final moments
as i walk my life’s crime scene
complicity’s found

national derailments…

aunt bea
was preparing dinner
when
i stopped by
this evening
she was listening
to
a npr program
about
washington
i told her
i personally
had been
having
difficulty
listening to anything
regarding
the new
washington
blowhard
and
got a rather
sick feeling
even when
his name
was mentioned
i said
to aunt bea
how can you listen to that stuff
she smiled
and
said
there’s an old
trinidadian
saying
the whistle don’t pull the train