Fair

Fair

Daddy said that arguments just cost one,

And in his wretched life he never lost one.

That's the truth. I doubt there is a hell,

And probably he's doing very well.

Such is life. A situation where

Everything is real, and nothing's fair.

1-5-13

 

Graveyard

At 3 a.m. I came to Denny's dead

For coffee that would resurrect my head

From sleep. And for an hour had to ask

For every refill. Work is such a task!

She seemed the type who calls as person “dude”.

And every time I asked her, she was rude.

She brought me refills like I was a pest,

And then went back to visit with the rest.

Had I been sarcastic with the lout,

She'd have raised a fuss and thrown me out!

1-5-13

 

Cryptic

To let you in my house, affect my feelings -

No one's there except the ghosts and me.

By the gate in surreptitious dealings,

I can hear the ocean and the sea.

Does this make sense in any way at all?
Perhaps another rise before the fall,

The final fall,

And in the cemetery nothing stirs.

Nothing in the world but god endures.

1-5-13

Mercedes & Debbie

I'm a crazy snotty little smart-ass,

But the people whom I like are all sincere

And warm. That's what attracted me to George.

I should make an effort to be nice,

Earnest and refined. I'd be a bore

To everyone, and die of boredom too.

I often tease the people that I like.

They take it with a grace befitting gods.

The people that I like are very poor,

As I am too. Republicans despise

The indigent, the crippled and the old.

So we must do without Republicans.

1-5-13

 

Love

Keats was wrong. Love surpasses beauty.

The old are loved – but never for their wisdom -

For their warmth – and because they're known.

Propinquity and kindness. That is love.

Kittens with their eyes closed learn more truths

From nature and their mothers than a child.

There is no wisdom. Everything is changing.

That is wise. And that there is no wisdom.

Sleep and love and food and maybe art.

Art was murdered many years ago.

It may resuscitate, but I won't see it.

Perhaps there's love. Did Henry get a son?

Let Henry be forgotten. Not his queens.

Love endures when situations change.

And if the old do not outlive their kindness,

They'll be loved more truly than the young.

1-5-13

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