A homeless man

with a cell phone

connected to his pain

Desperation

on his speed dial

—muted inhumane

 

(30th Street Station: November, 2023)

The bums and the heroes

of revolution

asleep

As drawn to the cosmos

a light

travels deep

He asked for no quarter

playing outside

the game

His legion in shadows

he’d never

explain

Each song once it’s sung

his interest

foregone

To blind repetition

he couldn’t

belong

The critics in reference

enshrining

his fame

As the midwestern

prairie wind

—calls out his name

 

(Ode To Bob Dylan: November, 2023)

She wasn’t a beauty

though pretty enough

Her gait charismatic

 with looks to rebuff

 

He wanted to stop her

he waited and watched

For light in the tunnel

one chance not to botch

 

At last she took notice

his heart beating fast

Their eyes locked together

a fleeting repast

 

Time was suspended

new love in the air

As she boarded her plane

—leaving only a stare

 

(The New Room: November, 2023)

Buried in the ashes

of life’s cremation

Human effort smolders

but embers await

Tomorrow today

today gone forever

Forever rekindled

—the smokescreen of fate

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)

Day by day

hour by hour

minute by minute

the moments return

Calling me softly

calling me inward

calling my name

—calling me home

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)

Diametric …

art and commerce

Twining symbols

colors adverse

 Yin & Yang

divergent segues

Each stigmatic

 bloddy payday

Fraternal image

Louvre / Montmartre

Black tie bidding

cobbled heart

A poor man sings

a rich man vies

On bartered canvas

 —truth defies

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)

In spite of all your riches

you eschew what prophets do

Basilicas you build to self

with time but empty pews

 

Wealth deadly suicidal

when wielded as a gun

Whose target sits between your eyes

with one shot zero-sum

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)

 

Born on the moon

one sixth of earth’s gravity

Reentry approaching

would your skeleton hold

 

Bones forming soft

g-forces awaiting

To welcome you home

—or break the new mould

 

(Listening To Mindscape: November, 2023)

The older the day
the sweeter the memory

The sweeter the memory
new reasons to find

New reasons to find
tomorrow unmentioned

Tomorrow unmentioned
—the present Divine

(1st Book Of Prayers: July, 2018)

Losing my mind

to capture my soul

Memory repurposed

—unbroken and whole

 

(Dreamsleep: November, 2023)