At the Sun, Smile
In the morn
The sun will rise in Heaven's Court
And like Gabriel
Speak of your kindness to me
It will yield
Yet its usual flash of vive
Supplying the pep and ginger
My heart needs to thrive
The dead of night...
That might provide solitude
For long-aching souls
It's in the morn
When the sun pierces
Us all back to life
All products of a kindness
Saying, "Let there be light"
And we are.
Vials, love, Vaccines
That...
Which is meant to heal
Should not hurt
But anything...
Everything is corruptible
In the hands of our species
The world is ailing
Mankind is the virus
Love is only the healing
For the pain we cause
Yet
We turn up our noses
Not to smell the roses
But at Love
And it's "abominable" doses
... like a vaccine.
Into the Night ’Til Morn
Rush headlong
Into the night
To do battle upon
Those who would
See our brethren under
Heels & Knees of
Brutality still
Still, I say ... -
Only now, I have
Exchanged the weapons
of my Rebellion
My torches & flaming pitchforks
No longer scare
These here ancient monsters
Now Lord,
Strengthen my pain-laden voice
That these fiends of old
Might hear it
And tremble
-
Or as Samson,
Power to pull down
the pillars and
Everlasting gates
of oppression
I rush headlong
Into my night,
Screaming
WAKANDA Forever!!!
(for Chadwick "Black Panther" Boseman)
-~Peace now, brother- ~
/Soul enema/ PS: no barium
rhyme is perfection
verse be peace
whether by tortuous contortions
Or meandering trickles
let it rip
thought is as ether
diffusing within crags and craters
words are but embers
Fanned into fires
whether by volcanic rush
or by tidal flow
tonal eruption
Nuanced blow
by will or by wish
let it rip
and purge the soul.
Workplace Wars I.
Behind your back
eyes probe
In your face
tongues drip the toxin
of faux pleasantries
Turn
then same tongues fork
to spew ash of slander
They will talk to you
of the boss
to talk to the boss of you
I yet stand untainted
far from the madding throng
of workplace frenemies...
Atoms are Forever
Atoms...
the silent laborers
of our humble, yet
precarious beginnings
In uproarious union,
committed to lend
unsolicited breath to
humanity
Yes, we, the undeservingly
loved offsprings of Nature,
of God, of Nature...
Yes, we, the everso
undeservingly loved
progeny of the God
of Nature
Drastically, gradually
evolved into creators
devolved into civilized cretins,
engineering destinies
destructing design
denying data
We,
of the specious
propensity to absolve
to vindicate.
to obfuscate the story
of our eternal sin
Ever seeking to hide
shame within the
dank dark depths of nothingness,
pretending it’s all escape
from the eternal wages
of our eternal sin
Ever
denying pain
denying aim
denying meaning
Hiding shame in death
Atoms don’t lie
don’t front
will carry on
transmuting in entropy
manifesting in enthalpy
transporting us and our
lowlier siblings
from
one state to the next
herenow to hereafter
for if life
bears no meaning,
Atoms labor in perilous vain
As
atoms are,
So are we forevermore.
Blood bound Love strung
Thwack!
Infant son on lap
Metes a friendly blow to face
I smile
He smiles
Let filial joy
Wash over us
Toddler daughter all up in TV’s face
Singing and jiving
To whatever’s on
She’s in a happy place
Wife ...
Now that's a beautiful light
That turned a dour fate
Into a marvelous thing
The kids would know
We would lend them wisdom
In due course
That this joy can’t be bought
Family.
Dumb Down Then, Conquer Now.
Ladies and gents,
This right here is the m.o:
-Dumb down the citizenry, and imbue them with the Dunning-Kruger effect.
-INCARCERATE THEIR VERY SOULS IN THE GAOLS OF THEIR OWN BIGOTRY
-Indoctrinate them to perfection in cognitive dissonance, projection, whataboutism, misogyny, xenophobia, and a general fear of the “other”.
-Make hate central to their outlook on life. Tenderize them with hypocritical evangelicalism, illusory superiority, delusions of grandeur, and racial supremacy based on color.
-Be sure to keep them misinformed, miseducated, maladjusted.
-Then rob them blind to the point of abject impoverishment and dependence on welfare.
- Whatever you do, you MUST keep them believing that: the worst of them is better than the best of the other.
They will relinquish their power of the vote and many of their rights too, if you can successfully get them to subscribe to those sets of evils.
Always appeal to their WORST inclinations.
Wanderluv. (Impressions on a Roadtrip)
Dreamy soul
dreamy heart
Where do your thoughts
cast you this time?
Away!
from the balmy temperament
of the Texan dome
And set sail on a journey of joy
Leave behind that humid Houston
Zip past Texarkana
and its weird attempt at clever
What do you think
Do the bayous of La. stink
and gators slither majestic still?
Savor!
the manicured undulations
of your carefree joyride
through Arkansas
Ahh...
Nothing but road and sky!
Do the rolling hills of Tennessee
spellbind you in
irresistible awe
And glorious peaks still
chasing heavenward?
Ahh...
Nothing but road and sky!
Flash by those silent
Kentuckian forests
Scrape of rubber on tar
and Faith
your only guides through
the still nights of discovery
Get lost in the expanse
of The Mississippi’s marvel
Doesn’t the surface mirror
the vastness of space
and the quickening of time?
Go on!
Pass through the bridgegate
like a portal into -
Wow!
The lofty shine of Cincinnati
like a city of elves
Columbus beckons!
The cuddle and gentle repose
of Reynoldsburg
lie in enduring wait
to make kings and queens
of dreamy sojourners
Days roll
Benefits of daring
having thoroughly outweighed risks
of tarrying in the shackles of
comfort zones
Dreamy eyes wave reluctant Byes
to friends become family
Dreamy soul
longing heart
Where do your thoughts
cast you this time?
Back to the humid hustle
of H-Town
Are those grins
or groans and grumblings?
Fear is nothing but a snare
Turn arms into wings
and go see the world
Home is wherever the heart is
Ahh...
Nothing but road and sky.