More Poems for Second Childhood
Mary had a nurse’s aide,
His skin was black and glowed,
And everywhere that Mary went
Her aide was sure to go.
He followed her to vote one day
Which was against the rule
It made poll workers laugh and say
“You can’t vote here you fool!”
FAITH
Faith is not your intellect,
A bit more like a periscope,
High above the drowning waves,
Looking out for hope.
Your mind will tell you seas are rough
And waves come by the score,
Your faith will tell you
Seagulls fly and look I see the shore.
ANIMAL FARM
This is one of those days–
Brilliant sun on mountaintops of foliage.
What kind of animal blames the world for its beauty,
Sitting in a room with a bag over its head?
These are the citizens all forlorn,
Who heard politicians tooting their horns,
And judged the celebrity with their scorn,
When out of their greed his service was born;
Who embraced their Google,
That made them oogle,
Ignoring the clarion call of the bugle;
Who loved the market,
That capitalist target,
That wagged the dog,
Unwilling to slog,
Who encouraged the hog,
And the leadership fog,
That lived in the house that we built.
ALL THUMBS
Phone thumbs
Keep me busy,
Game thumbs
Stay amused,
All thumbs
In iPad city,
That’s why I’m
So confused.
Three blind ICE,
Three blind ICE,
See how they run,
See how they run,
They all ran after some immigrants trail,
To stifle America’s Holy Grail,
Did you ever think our democracy’d fail,
From three blind ICE,
Three blind ICE.
OUTSIDE/INSIDE
I see the fire,
The lights on the tree,
That mean I’m home,
Cared for, neighborly.
I remember passing
So many of these,
When I was younger
Wondering free.
Is outside, outside
Where I’ll be?
Is inside even
Possible for me?
Now the tree is trimmed
Cheap music plays,
My daughter passes by,
And wonders should she stay.
Dental bridge work falling down,
Falling down, falling down,
Dental bridge work falling down,
My whole paycheck!
PLANET COVER
When our planet
Does one thing,
And we do another
Our knowledge so grand
It’s like taking a lover,
Yet pollution piles up
Like ignorance uncovered,
A tsunami of greed
That we blame on each other.
BODY COVER
When our body
Does one thing,
And we do another,
The plan is a picnic
But fate is a mother,
We see the horizon
Too late discover,
Tiny pebbles that stopped us,
And made us take cover.
Doc says we’ll catch it,
Start chemo today.
I’m sailing to Greenland,
The dock of the bay.
At least let me process
And on this bench stay,
I want to see death
From a long way away.
WOOD PRAYER
Give me your body,
Sand and smooth,
Varnish with oils
To help me move.
Make a teardrop,
Bow to stern,
And let me
To the sea return.
Ring around the moonrise,
Pockets full of moon pies,
Last one, last one,
We all fall down.
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