I stopped fearing you
the day you started smiling at me.
Why?  No, not pride.
I swallowed that with whiskey
and spat it out time and again
many years ago. Stupidity?
I hope not. Maybe just a bit
of the lizard part of my brain,
but not the flight half.
I'm simply tired of running
and fighting seems like a
much better way to go.  So,
hello and welcome to my show.
Reap when you are ready.
I'll not weep.

r ~ 28Feb14

Friggin' the best of
All maritime words
Like
Lash the friggin' tops'l
Friggin' foresail
Fifteen friggin' frigates
Five friggin' fathoms deep
Flotsam friggin' jetsam
Friggin' me timbers
Friggin' boson's mate
Scrub the friggin' deck
Aye aye, friggin' Captain

It just feels so right

As spicy as Jamaican ***
It rolls right off the tongue
Like a *****'s pearl
Just like a friggin'*****'s pearl,
Mate

r~ 28Feb14

Contradicting indicators
Past experience
Scraped away

Accumulated iterations
My a priori
Yesterdays

Final augmented reality
Melding of layers
Cleansing clay

My hallowed now where pagan past was
Empty white parchment
For today

r ~ 27Feb14

Standing head and shoulders
Above seated students
Professing all he knows
And much he doesn't
Through squeaky chalk
Bored with lessons learned
Tattered black jacket collar
Covered with white dust
Like the dandruff
Of  faded knowledge
Waiting for the last bell
And cacophony of students
Exiting for a night on the town
So he can trudge through
The gray slush home
To empty house and
Microwaved sirloin tv dinner
Wishing he had a yipping poodle
Instead of the silent company
Of Jim Beam to while away his hours

r ~ 26Feb14

Sochi dogs sleep now
that ***** riot has been contained.

r~ 25Feb14