Almost no influence
Why then do I write?
Inner desperation
Sor Juana's mystic flight

Laid away in books
Music in the night
Vienna in the snow
Such a beautiful sight!

         Abgescheidenheit

Sharp cheddar cheese
A little Diet Coke
Sauerkraut and craisins
I do not provoke

I can't find it
Ms. Mattie Ross
Might've left behind it
Emptiness and loss

                Patientia...

So much ignorant religion
So many foreign books
Even the teacher has no idea
Just how mean she looks

55 and falling
Tryin' to get goin' again
Death comes for the Archbishop
And for me though I don't know when

                       And then?

The isolation of my life
I often go it alone
Silent desperation
Little black cell phone

Wish that I could travel
San Francisco Zen
Vienna in the snow
3710

           muy bien

God's elusive presence
Elusive more than present
All I sense is silence
Sauerkraut today

Susan Darlene Meek
Happiness for your family
I'm tired. Emptiness.
Basketball to play?

                     Falling

A lot of bad philosophy
In these United States
I stay inside
The hour is getting late

Exoplanets spin
Candidates debate
Quiet from within
Destiny not Fate

                Wait ...

Reading the news is chaos
I sleep late and long
Loose change in my pocket
Pretty good Springsteen song

I watch Syriana
I miss Susan Meek
55 and falling
Still a board game geek

                      Trains!