unseen road 04 05 2021 nj

there’s another passage

beneath our feet

no one really sees

–

it is not the road

we think we’re on

nor is it so discreet

–

angles over

points beyond

some lonely avenue

–

like sun-ray’s beam

and shadows land

slight of hand askew

–

the sunny lane

the grain and warp

and planetary drift

–

past in space

ten years ago

and how the rays do shift

–

goodbye to friends

who’ve jumped off then

always you’ll be missed

——

That’s How I Ain’t Home 04 05 2021 nj

That’s how I ain’t home.

no happy land is gone too far away now

no happy man the song has run away now

that’s how I ain’t home

–

disappeared down the tracks

sight and sound are gone now

pronounced the Queen

Rome is really done now

–

the bottle temple

strange as that may sound now

chances are there’s no one else around now

morning comes the land is gone too

–

like a bleached and barren place

barely left with mist and haze

no trees and now I’m really lost.

well, that’s how I ain’t home now.

Fair Weather House 04 04 2021 nj

Fair weather house

some leaves blow across the porch

and a car down the road

makes a soft whoosh noise

–

Fair weather fortress

not really thinking

foul weather would ever arrive

like it did before

–

of course the hot sun

concentrated down

the entire neighborhood cried

and ran for shade

–

fair weather house

did not take insults well

like hail on blustery days

and that tornado nearly, …

–

well the sun shines again

for few minutes

time to forget all that

bad wolf weather

–

but just kidding of course

I’ll be around back

installing shutters

that actually shut.

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04 03 2021 nj

Take Modern Man

Take modern man

feeling for the door

lying in a pit

lying on the floor

–

take modern man

holding over others

taking what he can

suffer them than him

–

take modern man

this goes back forever

opportunist plans

a dreadful life discover

–

when things fall then in pain

and  losses slip through hands

angels bow their heads

and take modern man apart

–

only lost at sea?

what a comfort that would be

un-tethered soul to float away in space

adrift among some random stars

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03 30 2021 nj

A Wonder

A dwelling built for Ishtar

across the virgin snow

the dogs are pulling steadily

the conflict far below

–

across the night the endless trail

and wounded all alone

in this big space and blowing cold

and doubts of seeing home

–

across the thresholds of unknown

the dogs are raising howls

from what they sense

as we enter blizzard snow

–

across the seventh plane of Ishtar

and claws must do or die

a conflict from beyond our spirits

a wonder we are here.