Found someone to hike with
Hiking is enjoyable
When you have someone
To have a conversation with

You know something like 200,000 dollars
Was spent to educate me

And here I am on Amazon
Wishing I could afford to order two
Pair of hiking socks instead of one

I'll use my debit card for this transaction
And make the payment on my credit card this month
And then I will be able to order a second pair
Lol

In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue

1791 Virginia Ratifies Bill of Rights

They become the 1st 10 amendments of the U.S. Constitution

Applicable to me and you

This Is Your Captain Speaking
So stop whatever you are doing
And pay atttention

First of all I see from our instruments
That we have a couple of hitchhikers on board our ship
Hello wherever you are

I just want to make it totally clear
That you are not at all welcome

I worked hard to get where I am today
And I didn't become the captain of a Vogon ship
Simply to turn it into a taxi service
For a lot of degenerate freeloaders

I remember
When I used to have
A normal left shoulder
When it wasn't akward
Like this

Well, at lest I'm healthy

Off to the gym later

I lay on my side
Pushing my left shoulder against
The ground

Hoping in vain it will improve

Content to live here
Content to do the minimum

Figuring the human race
Will most likely destroy itself
In some atomic world war
In my lifetime

Maybe our society will collapse

The body ages

Some people lead
Meaningless lives
Watching musicals
Over and over

At least I have a part time job
And contribute to our society

Our economy is pretty stagnant
And all that debt

Hey did you watch the debates?
Trump and Bush and all that
I guess the show is kind of fun
Not that I care much who wins

I'm content to be poor
To live at home

To lie on my yoga mat
And look at the birds
Content to be alone

I lift weights
To stay fit
But I am not attractive
To women I guess

Too poor to date I guess
And who cares really
Content to be alone

Maybe I will meet a female friend
Maybe not

Either way
That's fine

Same dull face
Same earth cycles

If an asteroid
Is announced to hit earth
I will just sit on my yoga mat
And eat a protein bar probably
Like always
Lol

Times come
Times go
And it is all so strange
You know?

I would like to be
Many places at once
To see different names
And faces

And travel to
Exotic places

Do I even exist at all?
Lol

I think therefore I am
And I write
Therefore I am
Hehe

And I eat my chicken and rice dish
And I also love tasty fish

It's an odd place
This earth

Hooray Hooray
For More Of The Same

Hooray For Life
This Idiotic Game!

Planet earth
Spins round and round

Human bodies go up and down

Money, money
I need the money again

I'm just a warm body
For endless toil

I said with a grin

Wandering around parks
And who gives a care

It's just another day

I just don't
Give bleep
About financial success
Okay?

I'll be living at home
Until the taxpayer
Yells and screams

I don't care
About some
Imaginary American
Dream

And water scarcity
Is becoming a big problem
It seems

Hop-along bird

Hopping on the rock
Next to the mountain trail

With my Iphone
I zoomed in

And saw it eating a small grub
Mmmm
Eat your dinner

As I walked down the trail
An elder couple enjoyed their dinner
They had the baseball game on

A beautiful woman came off the trail
Women are beautiful
Better not to get to close to one
Better to stay a ******

Notice the small things
The Tao Te Ching says

I noticed how pretty she was
Next to me at the stop sign
She turned left, and me right

Beautiful women come and go
But I'll always have the birds

Tao is wise mother

Are you about 30 with an education like me
Are you broke living at home?
Hard to find a good job isn't it?

Your parents like mine
Had a much easier job market at their age

I learned from them that money is so important
Money,money,money

Our money doesn't have much value anymore

So what is going on with Jade Helm?  
The police are training with the military

A Navy Seal says that this is the final training exercise
He says it is the final preparation for the collapse
Of the U.S. government and the management
Of civil unrest and martial law

I hope for the best, but prepare for the worst

Western Forces
Are not leaving behind
A stable country
With a government able to protect
Its own people

Hospitals at max capacity
Children with skull injuries

The doctor laughs
When the interviewer asks him
If life has improved
Nothing has changed for the people!

I guess it will always be this way on earth
Fighting and killing
Evil people doing evil acts

Good people try to do what is good in the eyes of God

May God help the Afghan people
Who have suffered so much

I enjoy my job
Even though it's not full time

My stomach is full
It's giving me a sign

To stop eating

The days they keep repeating

All alone
All alone

Americans
Are isolated
And all alone

In other countries
People have more friends

Good wishes to
The poets of this site
I send

I used to have three friends
But now down to one

I used to make an effort
With the other two

Tried to meet up with them

There is nothing I can do

I won't bother to call anymore

There just people I suppose
And I'm not sore

15 years of being friends
Now I suppose our friendship
Will end

Seems they won't bother
And don't care

I'm not angry
So there

China is showing off
It's cruise missiles and tanks
Putting everything on display

China's cruise missile
Renders U.S. carriers obsolete
The news story does say

I hope there is no big war

Human life
What's it all about

Eating, sleeping

Relaxing in the park

Maybe going on a hike today

I had Kodiak cakes yesterday
Had them today

I guess it would be nice
To go on a hike
With a woman

I'll go to the gym
Work out alone

After a certain time
I learned to just breathe
And relax

All of life
Is just one big vacation

Forget TGIF

Friday is the same
As Monday

It's all one
Big experiment

We are told
To crave
To one
To desire
And to strive

But there is absolutely
Nothing here

Listening to a podcast
Going to my job
Working out

It's really all
The same
Same empty program

And who would want
To live forever

Everything is falling
Falling away

Everything is decaying
Oh well

My body goes here
And then it goes there

I am a minimalist
It once occurred to me

That the world's
Most powerful nations
Will destroy the world
By beginning World War III

I heard someone say
Life is funny
It's just man
Repeating
The same mistakes
Over and over again

The human race
Won't change
Leaders will lead nations
Into war

The innocent population
Will suffer

Nothing new
I hope there is no
World War III

The day the war started
I was not surprised

Nation warring against nation
Governments unable to maintain peace

I sure hope it doesn't happen

North Korea attacks South Korea
Current Chinese/Russian joint war games
Russia moved 50,000 troops to Ukraine

Man can never live in peace
Countries war against countries
Human race never changes

I won't be surprised
If there is another big war
I won't be surprised at all

I hope to be a kind and loving boyfriend
To a beautiful goddess one day

I promise to cook her dinner
And run her bathwater too

I won't forget the scented candles
And rose pedals as well

I live to please her
And put her needs before mine

I love to give her oral pleasure
For as long as she desires

Truly I adore her
And live to please her

I want to love a woman
And it's so sad

I might be one
Of the kindest guys
Earth ever had

I hope to find
My female friend

Just want to make a small salary
Would like to pay my bills

Enough to share an apartment
Maybe have my own apartment one day

Don't want to be rich or famous
Hope to make some more friends

I'm just going from here to there
And one experience to the next
Golf ***** and the gym

I'd like to meet some people
My few friends live quite a ways away

Lonely this life

Companionship

A friend I could talk to each week
Would be nice

Maybe one day?

It would be fulfilling for me

I have a bit of a cough

Would someone please
Get me some green tea

How about a hug
And companionship too

Loneliness is difficult

I want someone to say
"I love you"

A female friend is what I dreamed of years

My therapist she went away

I hope to meet a femal friend
One day

I write about personal thoughts and feelings
I don't care if everyone sees

I came to the library
Hoping to meet some people

I don't know why
It's not like people want to talk
I won't meet anyone here

I'm tired
Tired of countless hours
Spent alone

Life is tiring
At least there is philosophy

Eat healthy, get good sleep
And keep moving...

The secret to good health
That is what the ad plays
Over and over again

I learned that
It didn't matter
How many times

I lifted the weights
I would never
Get a body women liked

I learned that life is meaningless
Lonely

That my old therapist
Was never my friend
And I should not have
Considered her that

Where will I go
What will I do

Should I go to my old college
Should I sit alone
And look miserable

Hoping a woman will talk to me....
Should I just sit with my article
In the library
And become part of the wall

What a meaningless existence
And boring
And futile
And blah blah blah blah blah blah

A world full of emptiness
The self doesn't exist at all it seems

My terrible life
My lonely life
My American life

Just another day
Another day

This is just sad
Some sad ramblings

I've got to just get out there
Yea, and change things
And meet my female friend

I'll try again today

I was watching
"The Pacific"
An HBO series
On WWII

It was pretty well done
I just don't really much care
For the violent scenes
Although I know its realistic

Then I went to a chatroom
A christian chat I joined
It's fun sometimes

Now I'm eating kidney beans
And maybe I'll look for another
Show to watch

If not I'll watch a
Documentary again

It was a full moon tonight
I thought of Elsa Angelica
I hope you are having
A good night Elsa

Hope you pull through Lamar

Looks like this time

You went too far

Your dad was an addict

And so are you

It's terrible what drugs can do


You seemed like a decent guy

But with all your money

You did buy

Apparently alot of crack *******

In a coma now

What a shame


Millions of dollars

People who cared for you

You wasted it all


Like humpty dumpty

You had a great fall


I hope you pull through

Only God can fix you

I message beautiful women
On the chat site

I am friendly and polite
This is my social life with women

In Los Angeles
If you don't have money
You can't go out and date

I enjoy convos online
With women

I hope you message me back Chantelle
You are such a beautiful brunette goddess

I await anxiously at my computer
Looks like she is busy
Oh well, lol

Hot babes
Are ****

I see them walking
I hear them talking

Love their **** bodies

Everyone has left
My home
And left a mess for me

But I'm content
To clean at home
I'm happy as can be

The question, "How are you?"
I don't know how to answer
I find it an odd question
And why do we bother asking
Over and over

When we get the same answer
I understand it has to be used
In certain formal situations
Or at the doctor

But people you live with ask it

No one ever knows
How anyone is
I'll just answer fine

And yet it is asked over and over

I feel the same way I did
Yesterday
At the same time you asked me

There is not some quality
That distinguishes me
This need for ego

The man of Tao
Seems dull and confusing

Well, that's kind of this person
To ask

But I'll just say the same answer
Again and again

I have lived in this home
Since October of 1997

That is quite some time
Sometimes I wonder
If I will ever
Have the financial means
To leave here

LOL
I certainly hope so!

You know I wonder
How much the therapist cares about me

I don't think she cares for me
As much as I care for her

I think she just sees me
As a paycheck

That's the problem with it
I went there looking for a friend

But you can't have friendship when
There is money involved

It's not true friendship

And I think I will stop being revealing about myself

I'll just use the time
To share my poems

I wish I had a close companion
Someone to talk about my problems with

But I don't
Maybe one day

I have close friends but I
Don't talk about my problems with them

Loneliness is the fundamental problem
Of this life for me

Yep, definitely loneliness

How's it going?
I hear that question posed everyday to others
And to myself

Often I hear "fine" or "well"
Or "It's going good"

If you were to ask me
How's it going?

I would reply
Well I'm trying
Trying to show people love

I would say well
I'm just alone
Like I always am

Putting golf ***** on the putting green
It would be going better
If I had a good friend
Who I could spend time with

She is my friend
Yes I'd like to hold her closely

I massage her back tenderly
In the most respectful
And loving way

She is a poetry goddess

In an ideal world

I would like to dedicate myself
To her happiness

This would mean making her
Fruit smoothies everyday

And letting her know
Everything will be okay

A lonely man
Sits in his chair

Hugging his pillow
Feels good

It's just a pillow
I know

But I'll pretend it
Is a loving person

A loving man or woman
It feels good to hug someone

Even if that "someone"
Is a pillow

I know it's a bit sad
But it is the reality

I dream about a woman
Who wants to give me a hug

I dream of a woman
Who wants to show me love

Maybe it is just a fantasy
Dreams like that never
Come true for me

Won't you hug me?  

A hug from Elsa
Or Cecil
Or whoever it might be

I want hugs from
Fellow poets
On Hello Poetry

Hey Jesus
Why couldn't
This place earth
Have been better?

I guess Adam and Eve
Ruined it for all
Of humanity

But The Creator knew
They would do that

But he made them anyway

So sickness
And physical problems
Can be blamed
On Adam and Eve

So I guess
I can blame my shoulder
On Adam and Eve

It's their fault
I guess

Stuck on this planet
To repeat, repeat, repeat
Again, again, and again

I just try to be kind to others
Do my duty

Enjoy the life of the mind
Beyond that
I find this place
To be incredibly boring

All things are woven together and the common bond is sacred, and scarcely one thing is foreign to another, for they have been arranged together in their places and together make the same ordered Universe. For there is one Universe out of all, one God through all, one substance and one law, one common Reason of all intelligent creatures and one Truth.

Frequently consider the connection of all things in the universe.
We should not say ‘I am an Athenian’ or ‘I am a Roman’ but ‘I am a citizen of the Universe.

Another day
In this body
I don't much care for

This unattractive body
Oh well

At least I'm not handicapped

I think it would
Have been more fun
To have a woman's body

I don't care
About money
Or jobs

I don't care at all

I like being poor
Living at home

I'm a humble
And poor man

I will go to the gym today
I meant to last night
But I fell asleep

Reading books
At the park

I think that's my life
I'm not interested in work

I just want to be left alone!
Forever alone
I am Matt, the island

No man is an island
But I am close
Just my three good friends

Hummingbird flutters in front of window
Quick, quick, take a pic!

I fumbled to turn on my iPhone

The home button is broken
So I have to restart every time I want to change to another app

I was too slow
And then it was gone

Here and gone
Just like this life
One fleeting moment to the next
It's a "do happening"
As Alan Watts said

I alone am dull
Wandering on the mountain trail

My akward shoulder

I like it here
It is quiet
It is still

I do not need to be entertained
Desireless
Not knowing
And not ever wanting to know
About the union of man and woman

No job to go to
Eating Cheerios
Listening to the Tao Te Ching

Misery is the root of happiness

That without substance
Can enter where there is no room

He who is attached to things will suffer much

Why Must They Appear Bright?

Why must they have
Big flashy grins

These real estate agents
And other professionals

And why are they always smiling

Woman is looking
For a job
Smiling at her computer
On this site
I am looking at

You will see nothing
Except my dull
Plain
Emotionless face

I must hide
The Tao

Maybe I will smile
Now and then

But I will not
Allow it to be captured
By some camera

"Look Proud"
I was told
At my college graduation

The man of Tao
Wears plan clothes
And keeps the jewel
Hidden in his heart

I live a life
Completely
And utterly alone

I think I would feel
This way

Even if I had more friends

Listening to lectures on Youtube
Hitting golf *****

Or wandering around
And enjoying the beauty
Of public parks

I also enjoy popped corn

We're doing
And achieving
And hoping
And dreaming

And I watch these
Documentaries
About climbing
And ultra marathons

I'm just dying
Dying in my room

Life is so stupid
Why not just go
Jump off the mountain?

And everyone keeps
Saying, "Oh my God"
God this and God that

And what is the big deal
About this miserable planet

And everyone keeps screaming
"Look at me, Look at me"

I went to live in a cave
For a thousand years
No one came to visit
And nobody cared

And I live inside a bubble
The walls are closing in
Welcome to life on planet earth
A game I cannot win

And I have no right
To complain
And whine

I'm thankful for
Food and water
And a roof over my head

I'm not a very attractive guy

I think I'll always be alone
Never touched or loved by a woman

I was lying against a rock
That was part of a group of large rocks
On the side of the mountain

A pretty asian woman
Said that she got scared
Because she thought
I was part of the rock

I said, "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you"

Maybe I am a part of the rock
Cold and hard
Untouched and alone

Women aren't attracted to me
And I'll probably always be alone
I'll never find a female friend

And I don't think God really cares

I Came Into A Bit Of Money
Two dollars
On the washing machine

I casually tossed my LED
But missed my mark

Instead of landing on the bed
The headband is now wrapped
Around the Corona

Did I get some dinner?  

Said in this pathetic tone

Yes, I saw the food

I grow weary of this person

She sits all day

Doing nothing

And each week

The news comes on earlier

A wasted life

A life spent doing nothing

Simply sitting

Like some type of clam

Truly worthless

I will not be here for Christmas

I can't go anywhere
I am too poor

I want to visit
India, Nepal,
Tibet, Mayanmar,
Bhutan, and Tibet

At least there is the internet

If you're not
Making money

Than well you're not
Being productive

I am going to read
And read

And watch documentaries

And I can't pay my bills
I'm a substitute teacher

And they barely
Pay us anything
At all

Who cares

I'm smart
I'm lonely
And I'm strong

If I had a girlfriend
I'd make her
A breakfast smoothie

I'd be attentive
To her every need

I'd cook and clean

And I'd use my tongue
To help her ***

Again and again
Hehe