Poems

Genes

Do felines have the brains to ask,

“Why do I want to do this?”
Or following their feelings do they

Dig and pull their claws?

Do humans have the brains? Or do they

Follow their companions

So they talk and look and act alike?

Or making daddy happy,

Do they join the latest war?

7-28-13

Warmth

Warm love and praise reflected -

I do not feel a thing -

Come always unexpected.

Poetry can sing.

Why is it I wonder

My body doesn't care?

My heart is hiding under

Something in the air.

Never was I less

Enchanted by the sea.

Abandon consciousness,

And then write poetry.

7-24-13

 

Retrospect

At the trial it appears

I lied with every breath,
Lost in madness, almost tears,

Terrified of death.

My verse was gone in 98.

I'd really ceased to write.

I took it up to reinstate

A candle in the night.

7-24-13

 

Risperdal

The only thing that keeps me sane

Makes me go to sleep -

Frequent naps throughout the day -

Dozes and bad dreams.

Society's ingratitude!

Insanity and art!

Funnels money into war

Neglecting mental health.

7-28-13