Wednesday, November 8, 2023

DUPLICITOUS

Mickey Maniac had a side no one ever saw.  

Or was it Roger’s Maris? (Etruscan, infantile.)

Slides and swings belong in a playground,

Until they make the difference

between winners and losers.

A sleepy barn has 4 sides, an open door on each end,

And one “reason for being.”

The farmer (son of Heracles)

never caught on  

as to why climate change meant “forking the hay.” 

Was the sun 

Rising

into Heat?  Everything true 

had been eclipsed:

earth’s shadow, earth’s shadow. Ducky-wacky. The two 

fell behind my horse. 

I picked up the tab, put on my shades, and left the bar. 

The next time I see you at work, I’ll say “hello.” 


Thursday, January 5, 2023

REDACTION

You followed the path as far as it went

Along the lakeshore, only to turn back.

Dusk forced the concession;

Fortune wouldn’t butter your bread.

He was leaping in front and behind you,

The little man, frog-like, who gabbled on.