When I speak, I can see that you are
looking at my mouth? Are you repelled by
my imperfect teeth, and not paying attention
to my words?
I am not my teeth.
When I speak, I notice that you are staring
at my misshapen nose. It is hard for me
not to laugh, because . . .
I am not [...]
Questions or should I say concerns that never get resolved:
Why didn’t the public know about the collapse of the economy before it collapsed?
There must have been signs indicating an economic meltdown way before the end of the Bush administration? Why did financial experts Ben Bernanke and before him, Alan Greenspan who were the bean counter [...]
I think I may, I think I might,
But all dreams sink like ships in the night.
Swell of ocean’s fearful fray,
The visionary dashed on rocks does lay.
Light of hope more hopeless fading,
Through the froth the tired frame is wading.
The carnage of love not found, the carnage of unfruitful ground,
Is nothing now, just lapping gently,
on a morning [...]
The drive can be awfully long
when the windows are rolled up
and the radio can’t drown out the sound.
I shrink to the size of a fly,
listening to them argue about where to
turn and how fast to drive.
The abuse that spews from one’s
mouth to the other can cause even a fly
to shudder.
Doesn’t matter.
And they wonder [...]
Deep in the catacombs of the mind
traces of a trodden road you will find.
Rough, hewn borders line the way
through corridors, through darkness,
where hidden memories lay.
Each seam, each trench
covered by another woe
from another event.
With endless determination I would
chisel and smooth away
the hardened edges that suffering
and pain have built upon.
Yet, not so amazing is the
strength and [...]
