I know what’s right and
I know what’s wrong
And ponder the in-between

You can answer yes
You can answer no
Or you can say “I don’t know”

Left turn ahead?
Take the next right?
Or steer straight through?

“For me or against me” is
Always false dichotomy
Be true to both me and you

The west coast is ablaze
A conflagration reconfiguration
Efforts heroic as forests fall
And cost of lives lost

Homes no more
Neighborhoods gone
**** and dust
Terrains reframed

The new world:
Fire cyclone zones
Hotter, drier, bigger
The culprit: us

Have you ever met the snark?
Teeth and claws of slease?
His breath smells of
Odious innuendo
Cutting comments
Mean bon mots

The snark is short
Only three foot two
On a good day. Always
With a grimace visage
As he tap-shnicks, taps-shnicks
Ambling his way toward you

Hit the button for the
Crosswalk cross light
Red seconds count down as
Weird whooping sounds
White man walking! Get
Safe on the other side!

I have a low variable rate. I
Know enough through the cuff
When it is too high
And then when lower—
It’s variable

So, detox on the decaf
Binge Flix clips on elliptical
Keep to no salt diet result
Take the lesser stressors
Before anything else begins

I know some folks
Some new most old
Keeping logs swirling

It’s a balancing act
Lots of plates spinning
Whoops! Stretch right!

***** fall
Plates crash
Notes fall flat

Oh! Look over there!
Thank you, magicians!
TAH-DAH!

Take a bow,
Sis, bro, boom!
You got the room!

Take care of TCB; find out
What that means to me
Just a little bit

Day to day business
With care and
Respect

We dither we differ
We disagree
But with a just little bit…

Endless possibilities!

I didn’t acknowledge the moment
Some of my assumptions went wrong
Not that’s what it all means

Action interaction
Minus abstraction
Breeds reaction

Potent possibilities explode
Reductive responsibilities implode
Churning time into rhyme

Yes, officer, I did it.
Now done,
I won.