Game of Hearts

Don't overstay your welcome

in the world of nuance..

Subtlety is great
when playing cards
dealing with all the mind games

but you can miss winning opportunities
staring you right in the face
by playing it too cute
and holding your romance hand
too close to the vest

Going Out of Business Sale

After the Minister of Defense

read the Armageddon edition

from the Book of Mass Destruction

the stunned congregation

dutifully lined up for confession

to get their stained souls cleansed

before the infidels storm in

but of course not before

the pilgrims paid up at the door

for the salvation privilege

that the chosen ones roll with

Compass Less

In this state
of perpetual transition
we are forced

to calibrate
our current position
based on the best
available reconnaissance..

Traditional points of reference

which once guided us

can no longer be trusted  

How hard it is to accomplish

much of anything
without a solid base foundation

Untimely Obsolescence

Nobody wound
the old clock today..

So it sits transfixed 
at half past six.. 

Seems the old guy
who use to wind it
went off and died
as elderly folks
tend to do..

Sadly

only he knew
rewind tech mechanics
and since he left
no notes behind
the old clock
much like us
remains frozen in time

Honorable Valor

Medals will not be pinned
on the chests
of those souls who did the decent thing..

No monuments are to be erected
for the brave few
who in the midst of hate and prejudice
acted with human compassion..

Perhaps if we celebrated such valor
as opposed to military heroism
more peeps
would step up for their fellow man

war would be a tad less glorious

and definitely not as frequent