Many years ago
I packed up all my troubles
In an old kit bag
It was too heavy for me
So left it on the roadside
I feel terrible
Not only for littering
But for who finds it
I bet they thought it was cash
Woe and misery instead
Troubles
Tag: poetry
July 5 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
reality lite
through a prism in my cell
wall of science site
while she took her bows
summer stock stage star's skin would
glisten neath prop moon
those that are tasked to
shuffle society's deck
palm a card or two
July 4 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
saddened that poison
political pollen rains
down on our parade
a very long night
an early morning rally
meant smiles for breakfast
🎼
Hamartia
Hamartia
Hamartia
Let me go
🎶
Be-ellll-zebub you devil
Don't bring those damn flies
In here with me.
With me
With meeeeee
🎵
frosty fingers clutch
fiscal lucre overcast
dumped unto others
July 3 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
pondering at the
precipice of my palate
balsamic balance
savory and sweet linger
with trace memories of her
Sometimes I do five
Just to keep the algorithm
Slightly off balance
I said nobody
Puts ambient dread powder
In a cardboard box
It comes in plastic baggies
The good old nickel bag dread
What's going on here
Ain't no Boxer Rebellion
More of a greedy
Botox grifter power play
Grabbing more bloat with our bucks
haiku pebbles fall
like rain on the upside down
online lake of void
Pebbles
“haiku pebbles fall
like rain causing ripples
on upside down void”
Wonky, the orator goat
Stomped cloven hoof
Took a thespian bow
Went “Poof” ☁️
July 2 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
so what makes me go
heel to toe heel to toe that
magic makes it so
Kingfisher bragged that
"We're going to be so rich."
He didn't mean you
Equinox balance
Caress the wild within you
Always cedes valence
Wasted too much time
To rehearse conversations
That never happened
Phrazez that Payzez
Teen angst poetry love
Persistence is futile. The Borg 🤖
I remember everything
I may not remember them correctly.
But I remember
July 1 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
the ideal plum
for me is downloaded in
wrinkly prune format
With a great big yawn
If it ain't broke don't fix it
Is it nap time yet?
allegiance to a
floating crap game with loaded
dice and marked cards
will not a patriot make
floating crap game played
with loaded dice while dealing
out marked poker cards
not an easy allegiance
for a patriot to make
Where money is charged
Profiteers keep opaque what
Species go extinct
Phrazez that Payzez
I guess I was just born
A little bit out of control - Dave Allen
June 30 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
to avoid dreaded
run-on sentences I use
haiku form instead
Nostalgia nonsense:
"Things were much better back then."
Nope. But lies stayed close
Oh this ain't balmy
It's a blast furnace out there
Believe me, I know
Nostalgic brothers
Balmy and Bomby Weasel
Plan chicken coop run
I watch and wonder at the amount of effort people waste
stacking the irrelevant on the inconsistent
next to the problematic hypothetical outcome
without knowing how much the
newborn irrelevant in the room weighs.
Just trying to chill
Up in the Empyrean
While y'all crying down there
June 29 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
gentle gestures grace
kind moments and tender words
engrave my intent
stamping out any
scintilla of decency
in The Faker's rule
jack boots stomp down joy
a once profuse people view
desolate demo
Entangled pleasure
Regret. Not a #scintilla
Engraved memories
Profuse scintilla
Oxymoron for the spark
Of kindness in law
Bottled spring water.
It's a short leap to selling
us bottled spring air.
It was a mismatch that could only be made in heaven
All she wanted was more
All I wanted was less
Adventures in urban hiking
Another close encounter with a 5G urban traveler
This was just a pass by not a collision course.
Close enough that whistling a few bars of my mantra
🎶 I cannot see
🎶 Look out for me
Made them look up from their phone momentarily
Watch where they were going.
Is this a daily occurrence or just random synchronicity
for the last few days?
Don't touch that dial
On the plus side; I spend a lot less time reading the news.
Any article that starts, "Trump says..." I can skip over
Cause I know what follows that pre mumble will be twaddle.
June 28 2025
The Daily Dread
Yesterday
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 🍒
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. 🔔👂🔔
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 😁
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