Burned Out

 

Took my empty bucket
down to the lake
for some much needed
fluid replenishment

Unfortunately
for parched me
and all of us fragile 
Terra inhabitants
our life source had gone dry

As was the mighty stream
that til very recently
had filled our cups to the brim

Now nothing but a cracked
rock hard drought highway
leading us to extinction

We looked to the acid sky
seeking relief
but nary a cloud was to be found
over this now desperate landscape
of rapidly diminishing returns

Fossilized Us

 

Had this weird premonition
about my sudden extinction
by an event unforeseen

Ain't that the way it happens?

A stray meteor drops from the sky

The ash mushroom cloud

blocks out the sunshine

Our shocked asses freeze and die

And just like that

my temporary friends we're bones in a museum

Reconstructed fossil novelties

dug up by future

alien paleontologists

who will hypothesize

about what made us tick

Stuffed puffy doll merchandise

of our projected

cuddly existence

on sale in the lobby

to pay for the science

of reconstructing our long gone kind

Truth Rules

 

Let's agree to be protective
over all matters subjective

We got that precious First Amendment
ensuring free speech after all

Even those with whom we disagree with
for views we may even find repugnant

In fact especially those whose opinions

may reside on the fringe minority

deserve the right to be heard

The free and open exchange of ideas

makes us all stronger

when all is said and done

But let's not add disinformation into the mix
especially when the lies are deliberate

Those who mislead with fabricated facts

and flood social media with contrived bullshit

only serve to muddy the waters

of intelligent contemplative discourse

These spinners of fraud have no business

being included in any discussions

Let's all agree

to let their toxic lies rot on the vine

Power Fucked

 

The giant is oblivious
to the sickening symphony
of bones crunching beneath his feet
since the great disparity
from squished victims
to his privileged consciousness
is such a massive distance

Because the beast is so
grotesquely large
it was decided by those
desperate for power
to put President Musk in charge
in the misguided hope
that such responsibility
would motivate the oligarch
to tread more lightly

Not likely

For you see

Egotistical

narcissistic Neo Nazis

don't relinquish

the power they paid for

before they have exacted

their pounds of peasant flesh

Stick a Fork In Me

 

That rumbling seismic shift
in the not too far off distance
is coming for us on the 20th

I gotta confess
in all seriousness
I'm no longer into fighting it

Gonna now sit back
and be a full fledged nihilist

Let the Disruptor and his band
of bumbling sychophants
wreck this ship
on the rocks of incompetence

In my bitterness
and disgusted disillusionment
I have forever dropped all pretense
of rosy ass optimism

Gonna put up my feet
and take perverse
warmth and comfort
by the dumpster fire
my beloved country
has signed up for

We're going back to the trough
for toxic seconds?

Really?

No way

I can take this shit

seriously anymore

FUCK IT

The Missing Wheel

 

Here at Cafe Reverse
dessert comes first

Then the entree is served
and the appetizer closes the meal

On upside down plates
the raw food is dispatched
uncooked and unwrapped
by a pissed off staff
comprised of native born

American citizens

who feel these low end jobs
are
beneath
them

Perhaps immigrants

derided as illegal aliens

by those

of a prejudiced bent

who perform so many

thankless tasks

for subterranean wages

in our service economy

will not be appreciated fully

until their hard working asses

are gone permanently

Take Out the Trash

 

The great reconciliation will come
when both ends of the spectrum
and scared shitless moderates
can finally reach agreement
that their contingent is imperfect

When even the crazed

fire breathing zealots

can no longer stomach

or desperately rationalize

some of the sleazes on their side

The painful self confession

that they have team members
who are so morally deficient

and beyond redemption
they need to be condemned
BY THEM

Even if these cretins

share opinion positions

that advance the Cause

There has to be

a bad behavior Rubicon

good people simply can not cross

The driving force

of our much needed unification

will be the shared acceptance

that character matters once again

Off Point

 

Back and forth
on which path to choose

The old fork in the road thing

The chart tomorrow game

As the debate waned
the inevitable 
"What's the point?" came

My retort these days
is "Why does there have to be one?"

What is wrong
with a little pointless fun
that serves no purpose
but a smile or two
to help us get through
this boring

color between the lines life?

Sexolution

 

Heather the former feather dancer
was a professional dream teaser

She's a throw back to innocent times
when erotica was all in the mind

Sexy silhouette, sultry shadows
flirtatious winks, naughty show

Today the fantasy game
is all silicon based and in your face
with little left to the imagination

Grinding hard to lonely souls
for the currency in their pockets

While a withered Heather sighs

Pours drinks to the obnoxious pervs
and wistfully laments her lost art

Fool and Hardy

 

Dancing on a fault line
the soon to be condemned men
bluster on and on
about their invincibility

Totally oblivious
that come tomorrow
they and their arrogance
will be gone

Their tale of self destruction
will serve

as a future cautionary tale
to those of a reckless disposition

who of course

will put this warning on ignore

because this is what imprudent fools do

Count to Three

 

Prior to launch
take a deep breathe

and analyze consequence

of hostilities unchecked

Time has always been

the blessed peace maker

that not only brings thoughtful reflection

but the most powerful protection

to our impulsive 

knee jerk reactions

that threaten to wreck

fragile human relationships 

That Girl

 

She fascinates me

And not in a mere sexual way
which I guess
in my developmental sense
is real human being progress

I just find her quirkiness
and humorous innocence
so very refreshing
in this contentious age
of smart ass cynicism

OK I gotta confess
she does ooze cuteness
so maybe
there is a slight

lusty component
to my carnal attraction
but more as a wholesome
holding hands
on a carousel
G rated concept

Hell Bound Soiree

 

That loud tapping sound you hear
is the desperate congregation
of soon to be fallen angels
dancing on the tip of a spear..

Our view below ain't very clear
but the blast of thermal heat

has a definite furnace feel
one would associate with Apocalypse..

Best spare your sympathy
for this soon to be charred herd
cause our fiery fate is well deserved

For we had many a chance

to gracefully exit

this Hell bound dance

but chose instead

to proceed with the reckless arrogance

of petulant children

oblivious to the consequence

which now consigns we brats

to be forever damned

Squeezed Out

 

As I slide into blissful unconsciousness

from the cobra squeeze

tightly wrapped around my existence

my final thought will be

if only I had tapped out

when I had the opportunity

this soon to be calamity

could have been preventable easily

All the signs

of a potential disaster situation

were staring me

right in my oblivious face

Though even if I had been

paying attention

I would not have taken

the obvious threat seriously

Pride goeth before termination