Papa Kitty ~ Thursday, January 16, 2025

Magically, I wish I could wave this wand
and make all your problems just disappear
generally, things never happen like that
if they did how quick to create a bond
culinary magic comes with practice
as if your soufflé puffs up without fear
lifting up the spirits of our black cat
literally, sniffing the air for food
yet, I am no magician, the cactus

I brought from California tastes better

worked into a salad or as a stew
if only I could cook, your tight sweater
shows me if I were man enough, I'm through
holding hands, my crooked wand, stirs a roux

I imagine too sincere from the start

cultivate a love for those guttersnipes
only if, like Alan, I could play drums
until they broke me in two, broke my heart
left in poverty with a pair of sticks
drums sold to pay credit card debt, the gripes

work themselves out with salt and cookie crumbs
animosity resents how left out
vinyl in the sun warps a ton of bricks
egos inflated economically

transference, projection, acts out on stage
humble Mumble Bunny as comically
inferior as naked mole rat rage
shut the front door, get the fuck out, and shout

wicked words at willows offering shade
as if you could just leave it all behind
nothing but suffering whilst underpaid
diminished insights, the blind lead the blind

Spooky ~ Saturday, January 11, 2025

I am so sorry I was ever born

as if we have a choice in the matter
maybe some of us miscarry before

suffering and sorrow overtake scorn
obviously, I have witnessed the worst

sugar poured in a buttermilk batter
obeys the rules, the recipe, the score
reason, in an apology, makes sense
rough sketch, as I jump off the ledge, headfirst
yolk in my face, we get only one chance

I must apologize for the sparrows

willful in the bushes, uncaught, they dance
as if there were no tomorrow, narrows
serve to allow safe passage, on the fence

everyone is informed on existence
versions of the real make believe we know
existence precedes essence as ideas
rivers flood the imagination, tense

bitter with fears, nevermore tears, switch gears
obey the rules, but why, observe the show
relax, the players eat corn tortillas
no more tears, baby shampoo, no one cries

as this body grows old with no more tears
sucker to feel this is normal, I steal

interest vested in God, as I must test
forgotten boundaries, envelopes to peel

wisdom apart at the seams, baseballs rest
entangled at a distance from the lies

Sabotage ~ Wednesday, January 8, 2025

Death for the other, never make a wish
rip a new hole to Ürümqi, you dig
only before the inauguration
potential repercussions, as they dish

Deep, the Mariana Trench, pizza face
endless consequences, on an oil rig
artistic, poetic license, station
deliberate choice, karma, as a guide

Gather feathers together without grace
ordained to preach, to obtain and to breach
righteous protocols, a natural death
genius, a request, in their sleep, to reach
ethical heights, bright wings, take a deep breath
over the moral order, without pride
undermine the Übermensch, a rank stench
sand crabs walk the gangplank, a monkey wrench

died in his sleep ~ Saturday, January 4, 2025

misogyny
orientalism
patriarchy

understanding objectification
pushing the envelope

trauma, distress, abuse
haunted by memories
engage with child sex traffickers
invent the laws of capital
resist hate crimes

murderers and felons
eclipsed by the new president
someone says he is dead
someone says he is dead

Der Anführer in Aufruhr ~ Saturday, January 4, 2025

transported to London as an infant
haunted for decades, never to return
enticed by poetry, by words, by books

celestial distance measured by sextant
useless as a navigator, black sails
landmark sighted, imagine blue skies burn
terrible memories, recorded looks
ingrained with forgotten idle chatter
vacate body and mind if all else fails
alleyway with no name, unlisted house
terror unwise, street life, a gap tooth smile
inventions without design, pipe dream mouse
obsolete games overrun by a mile
nervous children chant hey batter batter

orbits elliptical circle round spheres
furniture lacks springs, cushions lacking foam

installed in Kew Gardens, settlement plan
noticeably undecided, shapes fears
slip back and forth between time signatures
excite sensory nerves, archers do roam
culturally old world, spanners do span
urban suburban vanity mirror
ride shock waves Huntington Beach, ligatures
insightful down rabbit holes, newsworthy
trade blonde hair blue eyes, expressive brown eyes
intelligence lacking orange scurvy
entranced by language hiding truth in lies
sentenced life, der Führer in a furor