stay in bed
breath our sweetened air
forever

salvation
buried deep in a shallow pool
those brave enough to wade out will find life's spring

toying with microbes
crazy science strikes again
don't play with matches
fires being started daily
by little children playing

seeing you before
these eyes would lay upon you
my heart always saw

winter thaws
melts cold worry
heart warming

I imagine being a fish in a fishbowl
Not knowing I am a fish in a fishbowl
But a fish nonetheless, in a bowl
There are other fish in the fishbowl
But they seem as oblivious as I
blue fish swim with other blue fish
reds the same, swimming with reds
We got bottom feeders, ******* up ****
top feeders thinking they are the ****
With their snooty up turned mouths
The middle hears it from both
Those poor bottom feeders
Those greedy top feeders
Imagine being a fish in a fishbowl
With all this turmoil
And then just to stir the ***
Food falls from the ******* sky

streaming information
unrequested intrusions
filters seem futile

heartless their praising
winking those hyena eyes
porcelain teeth shine

They say time matches on
Not like a July fourth homecoming parade
But a slow Orleans procession

stranded
surrounded
island

puppy no
cocking his big head
he ponders

I will not betray
in confidence you relayed
to the grave I'll take

it’s break came sudden
expeditiously snapping
you gave no warning

they cherish their hate
embracing such burning rage
wasting loves true fate

silent solitude
silhouetted sunset
soul serenity

study history
to understand our heading
darkness approaches
fascists are cancel culture
they dream of cancelling you

firelight lit her back
her arch framed by dancing flames
her kisses searing skin

when I eat mussels
I always think lemon
then Squeeze

troubled limbs silenced
bowed under snowy burden
calm after the storm

those were some bad decisions made
that seem to be affecting you today
and you wonder what tomorrow brings

HANG THE RENEGADE
HE WAS A MANCHURIAN
HIS MASTER'S PUPPET

salmon heading home
fighting such massive currents
so goes the thinker

change your heart
you mind soon follows
peace hope love

We The People
deserve to be heard
so turn on your hearing aides
and hear these words
Don’t Tread On Me!!

river stop
construction ahead
busy beavers

light makes her feel safe
as the darkness closes in
feelings......