|
I've sworn off holidays.
The treat's the trick.
Renewed resolve caves in
with each excuse,
From racing year to year,
I..
|
|
This isn't right. This isn't how it was
To be. Oh Cousin! Years ago when we
Shared jug and javelin, hammock, jerkin, harp
And ..
|
|
One Higher Power,
understanding, kind,
all knowing, patient, wise,
forgiving, near, compassionate,
attentive to mankind.
m..
|
|
Who lives the candied lives
of greeting cards?
Old Santa's just the first
of many lies.
Who dare resists
when every ..
|
|
Vast kingdoms once
did span this shrinking sphere.
One monarch bold
a million men could rule.
To teach the dumb,
protect th..
|
|
Each night in dreams
I face a knight or snake.
I seek a maiden, fair
or hermit, kind.
I fly or fall or flee before I wa..
|
|
A string of buttons
(but for what?),
a cord, a pen (no point)
a jig-saw puzzle piece,
impossible to chuck,
in..
|
|
The speeding carts
in darkness lunge and squeal,
(Eyes glow then fade)
down through a dragon's jaw,
past bats and skulls.
Kid..
|
|
First ears:
I would like two.
One either side,
I'm not a cubist.
Eyes:
the same as mine
Though others have thei..
|
|
In your dismay you cried,
"Look, I've been bit!"
"You play with serpents.
You, the charmer charmed."
Distressed y..
|
|
|