the heat’s a record yet again this poet’s un-refrain fan’s a-whirring on day ten burn the fuel make it cool burn to cool then cool…
The Shameless Dingi
consciously suspending my outrage and all the while a surge of dolts and dinguses (the shameless dingi) fuel a conflagration a confederation of confoundingly cacophonous…
Smile Don’t Smile
smile don’t smile don’t don’t emote exposure times are long hard times hard faces there are consequences in light of the price tight is right…
Creeping Inch by Inch
creeping inch by inch ‘gainst mirrored pleasure pounds creep they sneak the fight begins so soon it ends resolve to move quickly eschewed leather belt…
The 280 Challenge
I started writing goofy poems on Twitter and wanted them all to be exactly 280 characters since that is the maximum number of characters allowed…
One Way Trip
I have a headache… in the before time it would annoy brought on by my insipid decision-making in the now time it’s a hemorrhage or…
It Slips Quietly Away This Holiday
it slips quietly away this holiday into frozen midnight the chaos and relentlessness now forgotten harmony and calories lingering fancy plans and gratitude lie unrepentant…
Y’all Know How
y’all know how when ya takes yer filly to the pitchur show and thems goshdern Hollywood fancy pants fakin’ out our accent ‘n’ makin’ us…
Dizzy Words
dizzy words from intoxicating thumbs building such prideful edifices here lies your legacy to civilization syllables like heck ’twas muscle held Thermopylae ’twas toil built…
My Imagination is Wrong
my imagination is wrong when I struggle when I fear when I fight instead I should dream of art and beauty of walks alone at…
We Lift Up the Sky
we lift up the sky the bright one and the dark one bemoaning enduring loving thriving despite improbable odds and angry horns beep all you…
The Air Conditioning is Out
the air conditioning is out and i am the one they call angry frustrated HOT jokes don’t amuse assurances don’t assure parts will arrive next…
Urgent
urgent you sick sad festering boil you cankerous clicking clock once again you’ve beaten important pause for effect I’ll wait now too late arrives and…
Everything Plaguing My Heart
everything plaguing my heart is complete no worry no pining no sucking my soul me my sunshine my freedom my peace feels fishy suspicious and…
This Hour Will Pass
this hour will pass this day will fly nothing will ever be the same this week will elapse and if I don’t die another year…
The King’s Undone
the king’s undone unnerved unraveled not in deeds he’s still the king not in words written on his behalf but in the fires of his…
So We Begin with Snow and Ice
so we begin with snow and ice insulting bright mornings unreasonable weather and woe bring me pandemic cookies I’m warning I’ll be fatter and unworthy…
It’s 280 Characters on Any Idea
it’s 280 on ANY idea still the white space mocks digging deep for words of lyrical eternity still the white space mocks images from the…
Like an Antique Sewing Machine
like an antique sewing machine chugging spindles and whirligigs stitching temporary solutions to timeless nudity I feel the machinations in my skull rusted decaying filthy…
Pretty Poor Thing in Califor-nye-yay
pretty poor thing in Califor-nye-yay boiled and embroiled under très bad days cried and courting the camera clear ’til dawn troubles matter and endless natter…
I Struggle
I struggle under the weight of volunteering carrying the burdens of expectations some real some imagined some with lawyers lurking how did I get here…
A Wasp Flew In
a wasp flew in I with plastic cup and postcard captured the venomous beast to free him from his deathly fate at my windows he…
Sitting in this Chair
sitting in this chair I can shoot like LeBron I can out cook Flay I can draw like Addams better than Addams my jokes quiet…
Wood Wood Wood
wood wood wood and weirdo chai the downstairs coffee shop after taxes and tips it’s dollars six cash? haha you codger gray today I’m afraid…
Dear Beloved Friday
Dear Beloved Friday I reach you wounded and saddened and fearful naively hoping the promise you once brought will return yet I know Saturday Sunday…
Sitting at the County Courthouse
sitting at the county courthouse masked up with my coffee waiting for a ride they didn’t need my service joyous joyous a free day off…
Ash Rains Down
ash rains down the tears of dying pines once standing sentry against eternity silent and permanent the fire now devours lives led in silence seasons…
This Movie
how many times will I watch this movie oh my god oh my god bad writing bad acting bad editing every utterance every tic brutal…
Tail Light Party
laughter chatter hoots and hollers yummy joyous sounds I like Gladys Kravitz stew in acrimonious judgment from my lofty aerie plotting your demise and waiting…
The Dentist
the dentist on the best of days I’d bury him in a darkened cave with bats and bugs and crawlie things and yet today I…