we therefore commit…

soon
you will be
no more
than
particles
of
existence
so
easily
filtered
from
memory
oh
those
promises
of
dust
to
dust
are quite
exaggerated
since
dust
leaves
a remnant
on
the surface
of
life
but
like everyone
before
you
you
will become
a fleeting pattern
in
morning’s light
squeezed
between
the blinds
as
rays
of
yesterday
mingled
with
thousands
of
lives
transient
patterns
revealing
lives
long gone
but
are
quickly
concealed
by
the
bright light
of
a
new day

 

 

love’s departure…

the long drive homeward
away from her side that night
empty road and heart

revised divine inspiration…

the word
of
god
has been
revised
to be
more
appropriate
for
today’s
cultural needs
and
desires
those
biblical texts
that
were
supposedly
inspired
by
god
and
written
by
god’s hand
in
stone
must be
updated
to fit
current financial
and
political needs
so
those
apparently
representing
god
have been
encouraged
to
provide
extensive
necessary
revisions
seems
the
omniscient
mind
of
god
has
changed

the end game…

game of blind man’s bluff
set spinning by denial
normal’s the mantra
wearing mask of undue hope
the bluff becomes a real buff

 

 

denial of genocide or how to repeat the crime…

a piaget stage
once hidden from view it’s gone
childish behavior
but promoted by fascists
for such obvious reasons

unassailable…

know young lovers that
you can’t compete with old loves
myths need no defense

 

 

her garage sale…

many old items
some more cherished than others
he refused to help
slept in an old chair all day
awoke with his own price tag

 

 

save your breath…

so here’s the classic line
’bout love being blind
but the other part is it’s deaf
for lovers rarely listen

 

 

advantage…

political posturing
economic concerns primary
sanctity of life secondary
a pandemic of greed
game set death

 

 

human rights…

i shall be dead soon
but my human rights will still
be an unborn child