June 28 2025

The Daily Dread

The abyss between 
Objective reality
And their perception
Devours all the safe space
Leaves all the evil behind



a very clear sign
that the barn door is open
cold draft on cherries ๐Ÿ’



Nibble and a sip.
On your person. In your bag.
I could count on yum.


You can't judge a fish by its packaging.I bought some wild caught cod at the Jewels. Got it home and when I took it out of the shopping bag I noticed an off smell. Put it in the fridge and it made the fridge smell funky. Went back and forth whether to pitch it or not. Put it into a paper bag and took a walk. Decided that when I took it out of it's packaging I would give it one more sniff test. Out of it's sealed package it no longer stunk. So I gave it the instant pot pressure steam and it was delicious. I am writing this to remind myself if I get sick or keel over I was wrong. 06/28/2024

I like to turn off the window AC unit early mornings so I can give my tinnitus whispering the full attention it has earned. ๐Ÿ””๐Ÿ‘‚๐Ÿ””

Phrazez that Payzez

Oh blinding light
Oh light that blinds
I cannot see
Look out for me - Fire Sign Theatre

I whistled that tune right before a young gentleman walking while staring at his phone nearly bashed into me. Got his attention and disaster was averted ๐Ÿ˜

A.I. image generated from prompt: young man staring at phone while walking down street.

June 27 2025

The Daily Dread

You were my first draft
Left glorious and unscathed
That was our #moment
Then the real world rushed in
Forcing revisions on us



Before it's too late
Send for ale and fresh horses
Siege necessities


plastic surgery
botox filler fakery
like peas in a pod


You became my poetry
Fortuitously or ill-fated
Left glorious and unscathed
You were only my first draft


The time it takes to
Send the moment to my brain
Seems to take longer



nothing more useless
than unasked for advice, won't
listen or follow

Profound formula
X-rays times Y-rays equal
Ludicrous thought rays


June 26 2025

The Daily Dread

Empathy fuel low
My burn rate of G A F
Might just be maxed out
Then I read the daily spews
Outrage needle pegged again



vagary garden
whatever I can forage
from trellis and ground
tossed in a pot set to stew
only I can burn the soup



Pandora's Box was
hidden in a safe under
the base of the place
called Utopia; but still
it was found by the humans


Idolater words
Clever translation trellis
Swimming in a stew
A mass vagary mรฉlange
Unclean aspic mysteries


Phrazez that Payzez

The free rider populates both ends of a societal spectrum
It's the ones in the middle that do all the work


Bingo Cluck



June 25 2025

The Daily Dread

Fury of wings
Branches above
A shriek
Tiny talons
Bounce head
Duck!
A robin?
A sparrow?
Red-Winged Blackbird?
Trees above
More flaps
Another wack
Squawk
Cover head
Walk faster
Nest too near?
Birdy P.Oed
No starscape
Danger foretold
For todays
Sidewalk walk
Of the bird



a tangle of words
treble stanza then braid them
haiku a day wrap



sky clouds drift over
where the new moon should have been
daylight lunar toons


Phrazez that Payzez

Cooled in a sociality

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June 24 2025

The Daily Dread

I write small poems
While next to me on the couch
World's thrashing around
In night sweat terror detox
Reality withdrawal

What a button does
Can never really be known
Until you press it



Perched on the next stool
This enigma seemed to me
A shade too cozy
Proceeded to press buttons
That had long been left unpushed

Phrazez that Payzez

Which one of youse got their stardust in my pixie dust?

A murder of crows
A scavenging of seagulls
More than just a flock


June 23 2025

The Daily Dread

It's the gardeners choice
On the type of garden grown
If peace or strife's sown


his nibs huffed and puffed
bluster, blather, has no doubt
then caught in lies (sigh)


Guru Guru plays
funk on smoky car's eight track
loud Banana Flip



With a great big sigh
Guru Gummy found his zen
"Transcend this garden."



June 22 2025

The Daily Dread

so much happening 
nothing said seems to ring true
wary world watches


aristocracy
#progenitor spirit champs
the bit for over
a hundred years seizing this
moment to shackle us all


The fearful fox watched
Picnic proceedings for scraps
After dark pickings


progenitor fear
loud ring in our ears warns this
won't be no picnic

When I was very young I received a rubber band powered propeller plane. Not the cheap balsa wood models, but a smaller, lighter design. A light frame covered with very colorful cloth. I remember it as blue, orange, and yellow. After assembly I took it in the yard for its first flight. It soars and flies beautifully right through the open ventilation window under our back porch. The place where lumber, ladders, and spare building materials for my father's ever ongoing house repairs and unfinished renovations. I never found the plane; even when years later I cleaned that area out. From time to time I would search again and again. Where did it go? I still wonder to this day.

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