courage
December 18, 2006
it is easier
to be told the truth
than to be part of it
joy us
December 16, 2006
Joy to this tiny world
and joy to its believers,
however so brief
Peace on this day
to all the anxious creatures
who live in dying places
Greetings to the lonely
adrift in holiday bustle –
strangers might look your way
Comfort to we sheep –
riders of a rail-car existence
displaying love through plastic-giving
Pity to the poor,
brighten our suburban experience –
accept canned goods and toys
(then disappear)
Good luck to the Lord
in the manger ignored
like an old man on Christmas Day
dangerous
December 14, 2006
what do you get when
everyone becomes
desensitized
perhaps 7
December 12, 2006
at certain levels of being
video game killing
is still murder
leave me alone on Christmas
December 8, 2006
Like in those glass-sided beehives,
the poor and dying press
against the window of my mind.
I cover the glass with candy canes
and santas.
the Delight
December 6, 2006
in a place
which is not really
a space but
a time
and in that time
which is not really
a time but
a moment
and in that moment
which never
passes…
lives delight
soldier
December 2, 2006
no one wants to say
a soldier died in vain
but until there are no soldiers
we have all died in vain
One week later…
November 29, 2006
Clockwise
I turn the can
of Planters Mixed Nuts
peering into a greasy
kaleidoscope –
not a cashew
to be found
only Jordans,
Filberts, and Peas
tumbling
in my disdain.
They are all
that remain
of the feast.
the long journey
November 28, 2006
the sky rests
upon the earth
in a pond
spirit becoming
November 27, 2006
the gases
the stone
the life forms
the consciousness
we must build
on what has become,
not destroy it
qazse 