Sunday, January 12, 2020

Unicorns and Shoehorns

When the world
as it should be
collides with the domain 
of stubborn reality

A fierce battle rages
between the ideals
we cultivate
and the practicality
we perpetuate

The side you choose
says a lot
about who you are

Dreamer or realist

Optimist or pessimist

The well balanced soul
is a mixture of both

I pray for the day
I meet such an
ideal hybrid 
blessed with
the perfect blend
of art and cement 





The Difficult Choice Of Being


To be or not to be?

Hamlet agonizes
over the ultimate question
as we play along
at home with him

Waiting for the 
party gift revelation
we all hope to get
before the show ends

Of course
this famous
oft imitated query
is so open ended

Open to interpretation
by pseudo philosophers
and would be poets

For you see
to me
"To be or not to be"
is not about 
suicide contemplation

Not a life or death choice
but instead
tis how we choose
to do our daily living
in this unscripted drama existence
we barely understand

So what role do we play today?




Thursday, January 9, 2020

Daze Trip


Hi!! Ho!!

Hi!! Ho!!

Off to Sodom Town we go
to satisfy
our bodily cravings

Bring your roll of green


Pluck a flower obscene

Drop a nickel or dime

Ingest a victimless crime

Frequent the street corner
chemistry professor


Peddling pixie dust

smiles by the gram


Guaranteed flight


Pretty colors


Warm buzz

Sirens blare

Flashing lights

Hospital bound


Get repaired


Pump out the poison

A parting souvenir
from the Killer Klowns
of Sodom Town







Friday, January 3, 2020

Mules and Unicorns


These glittery rainbows
we chase perpetually

All the tarnished yellow brick roads
on our one way journey into the ground

Junkie dreamers be we...

Unable to see
the light transparency

Never quite thinking things fully through

What would we ever do
if we ever caught 
the fantasies we sought?

Dreamers dream do they not?

Though they can never
fully reside
in the real world
where harsh reality
chews up and spits out
badly mangled unicorns
and slices their colorful carcasses
into deliciously bitter steaks 
to be sold on E-Bay for 90 cents a pound