Can nothingness exist

could existence be as nothing

 

Can something break from everything

—subtraction zero sum

 

(Villanova University: August, 2022)

I liked Democrats

when they acted like Republicans

 

(and)

 

I liked Republicans

when they socialized with Democrats

 

I liked women

when they reveled in their difference

 

(and)

 

I liked men

—when they didn’t act at all

 

(The New Room: August, 2022)

 

Without a shake

of the head

or turned up nose

 

The truest form

of rejection

—the eyes

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

To be anything more

than what it is

To be anything more

than who you are

To be anything more

than what’s been said

To be anything more

—than anything more

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Poetic angst,

Jimmy Dean

 

Poetic angst,

Brando screams

 

“Stella, Stella,”

the spirits call

 

“Live Fast, Die Young”

—the fates befall

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

 

Evolution changes

the mind of man

 

All insight martyred

for wider scans

 

The magic filtered

as books proclaim

 

What facts uncover

and time disdains

 

Evolution fosters

a weakened soul

 

Each process stifled

the gist untold

 

Forever whittled

in narrow canes

 

Tomorrow empty

—the past defamed

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

We have nothing to do

—but be who we are

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Fictitious dreaming

those voices call

Imagined bliss

where ghosts enthrall

 

Enigma fashioned

bespoke to fit

Fantasia moments

—belief remits

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

Good girls ask permission

bad girls seek forgiveness

Sins two faced till time erased

—sisters of injustice

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)

 

Justice has no borders

liberty no walls

Freedom lives beyond the realm

of tyrants big and small

 

Blood once spilled in battle

generations to enthrall

Sealing hope in memories deep

—to those who heed the call

 

(Dreamsleep: August, 2022)