I have retired from temptations of attention.
I’ve retired from the need to judge.
I’ve retired from feeling like I need that moment,
And I’ve retired from feeling too sad.

I have retired into a place of contemplation —
A place nearby, and where I sit.

I have retired from feeling guilty,
And I’ve retired from needing your yes.

I am retired.

they came they saw they conquered
swathes of territory
thence hoisted their much decorated
banners of victory

in time they who conquer shall
be superseded
whereby all their territories
are duly ceded

At my funeral,
Spare me the tears
And spread my ashes
In the flora.
Do not cry, for the death,
Which has consumed me,
Smile,
For the life that finally,
Surrounds me.

the 47th President's administration
must be hexed
as it lurches from one disaster
to the next

yet the administration won't change
its misdirection
nor give it an urgently needed
correction

it appears that the administration is on
misfortune's path to doom
and over it will hang the darkest ever
clouds of gloom