Late Night Today

Late Night Today 



All alone

domesticated me

late at night

bathed in fridge light

over my milk and cookies

I fondly recollect

those all night rampages

when I was young and kooky

and 

those sweet sensation treats

alcohol induced feminine conquests

All the crazy dreams

plots and drama sub plots

Friends who came and went

with the coming of the dawn 

at the all night diner

where we tried to sober up 

Stagger home

awake at noon

puke a little

chug some Pepto

take a nap

try to remember

the smiles

the adventure


So here I am

midnight snacking

Need to buy milk tomorrow 

Distant lights

Electric nights

I close my eyes 

and fall asleep

Rose Sniffers

Rose Sniffers


Life goes fast

in case 
you had not
noticed

Looking back

when we were
young and full
of future

time was but
a number 
on the clock

We learn by living

Life goes fast

The funerals I attend

increase with the
passing years

and death

once horrifying

now

less shocking

Perspective picked
up along the way

like the bad habits
we accumulate

like the heavy baggage
weighing down 
our scarred hearts

Life goes fast

We trudge through 
our charade parade
with heads down

Fixated on our
trivial obsessions

all the battles fought

bringing us back from
whence we started

blind
to the magic that
surrounds us

we miss riding the
carousel on a steamy
Summer's night

love lost
at the bridge
we would not cross

Life goes fast!!

in the blink of an eye

as the mourner's cry

for their own lost mortality

Paper Wings

Paper Wings


Scavenger of dreams


patchwork designer 

residue reclaimer

picks up the pieces
of us fallen
downtrodden angels

who have been tarnished
by our own weaknesses

our spiritual malaise

Enter into the truth

No one will be
turned away today

for we who have
soared before 

can soar again  

Tis written in 
the book of

potential redemption

I won't say forever

cause we all know

we are destined

to fall again  

Scary To Be Merry

Scary To Be Merry      

Triple Ho! Behold the Christmas show!!

All that tinsel, glitter, and flash

Peace on Earth, goodwill towards sales

Off to the mega mall we dash

All part of the seasonal hassle

Another chapter in our hectic lives

What we need is the gift of serenity

As we wait for a fresh year to arrive

Wrapping UP

Wrapping UP  

   

Of all the gifts there are to share

In this season of joy and cheer

The most precious of all is friendship

For it stays with us throughout the year

Like a glowing angel wrapped in gold       

Radiating from atop the Christmas tree

A beacon of light gleaming bright

That’s how cherished you are by me

Pour The Punch

Pass another piece of humble pie

as we digest newfound humility

Used to be so damn cocky

Thought we could rule the wind

Now we find ourselves

flat on our once proud asses

Down but not out

For you see 

my currently dazed friends

the surrender towel has not been thrown 

The final bell has not yet tolled

Life sure can hit hard

but it ain't over

as long as we rise up

and fight back

Round Two belongs to us

Time Check

Time Check


Seconds 
minutes
hours

Days
weeks
years

Roll on

Pile up

Clock chimes 
yet again

our relentless chorus

counting us down

Always there

to remind us
with gentle dings

that time
is fleeting

Always there

to command us

to always

make the most

of   

our time allotted

A Night In The Life

A Night In The Life


In the late night mix

the boys and
the girls

practice intrigue

getting 
their social fix

glasses clink

open wide

shoot alcohol down

feel the tingle

forced frivolity

chemical amnesia

lust unleashed

winners burn hot

losers lament

Bright lights flash

closing  time proclaimed

it can not be restrained

one last quick pop

players depart

into the night

survivors all

clean up crew

tosses out the 
littered residue
of joy and sorrow

close the show

Bar is quiet now

field rolled up

night games over

til tomorrow

Night lights

Night lights


Telescopic site

star gazing
toward heaven

specks of refracted light

galaxies light years away

stars dancing their life cycle


eons ago


Our Universe

always changing


always evolving

As are we

cosmic cousins

specks of stardust

in our universal family

Boom Boom Club

Boom Boom Club


Newtown

Columbine

Virginia Tech

Our massacre 
tragedy history

bloody roll call

Same old story

shock

outrage

calls for reform

Then we move on

bloody cycle

a little less shocked 
with each fresh executions

loner youngster

goes off

killer gamer style

tears for the victims

sympathy all around

Then we move on

a little less attention

numbness sets in

feeling of hopelessness

cause nothing changes

only the faces 

just the places

Newton

Columbine

Virginia Tech 

Stay tuned

Self Fortified

Self Fortified


These brick walls I wear

my cinder block insulation

rock hard cloak

keeps the world out

Also serves as my prison

where I reside

in solitary isolation

behind these walls high

no one can breach

All I have

of the outside

is a sky

I can never reach

Rear View Mirroring

Rear View Mirroring


The longer I live

as I hang around
this scattered existence

the more
I playback

reminisce

scratch my head
about things I said

or didn't say

actions
reactions

why I did what I did

why I chose to go

where I ended up

Choices made

the games we played

perceptions levied

I tell myself

in my know it all way

not to fret
about what others say

but much to my dismay

I do crave adulation

and worst of all

I agonize about
the man I am today

A fruitless exercise

trying to replay

recast

and regurgitate ourselves

Dinosaur Rock

The age of man

Homo erectus

Evolution kicks in

as we emerge

from

dark caves

From families

came tribes

Civilizations

Mighty nations

We tamed fire

Altered the environment

Our tech was the best

Compacting time and space 

Superior communications

Total access for the masses 

Yes , we OWNED this world

Dominant species

over the centuries

Unchallenged masters

for all eternity

Until that fateful day

A space rock gone astray

Pulled in by gravity again

Wrong place

Wrong time

Cosmic collision

Massive sonic explosion

Black sulfur curtain suffocates

and closes humanity's show

The last line 

of the last poem

ever penned

EVERYTHING ENDS!!!!

Carpe diem my temp friends

Breezy Archeology

Breezy Archeology



Cold wind blows

slicing through time

rupturing monuments

throughout the ages

Nature erodes

the years corrode 

dispassionately  

relentlessly

doing excavation 

Empires crumble

collapse into history

only to be recycled

palaces to the sky

built on ruins of
yesterday

Cold wind blows

slicing through time

Change always reigns

so embrace the hurricane

Super Ghost

In the dimly lit
recesses of
yesterday

Captain America

former free world defender

now disillusioned warrior

drinks alone in the corner

watching old 
black and white 
gory glory war movies

cell phone turned off

For it seems

he's grown weary
of solely carrying the 
load on his
broad shoulders

while behind the lines warriors
second guess his methods

The time again will come

when a desperate world will call

and they will find

the shunned hero of yesteryear

has disappeared

Deflected Darkness

Deflected Darkness

Here I be with my obscurity

Talking to the mirror again

Feels just like loneliness,

My one and only friend

When all of a sudden

Out of the dim night light

I am underwhelmed by the reflection

The curse of potential once bright

Chatting with the shadow I created

Like a psychotic Peter Pan

Just another day in ordinary

Forever stuck in Never Never Land

My Sweet Void

My Sweet Void

In the darkness
of the night

lies the truth
out of sight

if you turn
on the light

reality will
burn bright

so maybe

just maybe

we should
keep the switch
flipped off

so maybe

just maybe

it's the darkness 
we need
embrace

shielding us

from ugly
truth we 
choose
not  to face

Denial is not a vice

tis a reliably
time honored device

to be mentally healthy

naturally sedated

darkly medicated

pupils dilated

Serene avoidance

comatose existence

in the darkness of us all

Speed Bump and Grind

Speed Bump and Grind


Spinning in space
in our designated slots

time frame assigned

we keep to the race

our transient existence
hangs over us all

background noise
we choose not to hear

we of the now generation

always demanding

instant gratification

immediate satisfactions

microwave relationships

speed dial loving

pop up thermometers

wrapped in cellophane

we consume mass quantities

but 

we never savor the flavor

no time for reflection

inside our turbo lives

overwhelmed by fate

we can't accelerate

our story revealed 
at it's own pace

spinning threads
in the tapestry
of human history

Vapor Affair

Vapor Affair


Hot shower

cold Winter's morn

bodily revival

Steam now dominates

comforting fog

wafting randomly 

filling my congested lungs

glazing the mirror
a hazy shade of gray

from this cozy dream

I open bathroom door

my steamy cloak
explodes out
of our sanctuary

dragging me with it

into the barren world
of
chilly reality 
  

Push Button Destruction

Push Button Destruction


When we 
can't talk 
it out

we

fight it out

This is how
we operate

bugles blare

drum roll please

break out the high tech

smart bombs

laser guided

steel penetrating

death dispensers

war machine can be
expensive

so 

it's always 
gearing up
for another
round of
destruction

now done
with great
precision
our crusades
now
cost effective

death merchants
dance giddy

kill ratios outstanding

and

it makes for
great reality
TV