Five a year For ten years. Fifty quarters For fifty states. Fifty million Americans, each Paying twelve dollars fifty. Optimistic. Hopelessly so. Believing their own exceptionalism. Dreaming that their collection Will one day Be worth more Than thirteen bucks. When…
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The Lunatics
They gaze upon this timeless sphere: It bounds element from aether. As cloud above begins to clear On knowing they do teeter. Now gilded angels leap across Magnificent desolation. A billion souls bear witness to The triumph of a nation.…
Pyrrhic Victory
On the battlefield Lie the dead. A reminder. Why did I want this?
Penny Black
Treasured above all’cause of her imperfectionsNot in spite of them.
Inferno
First the cynics, who live without hope Then those who were swept by desire. Next inner emptiness of those who can’t cope; Fools and hoarder too, doomed to this fire. The bitter are here, still not letting go; As are…
On The Shelf
Hands bound and feet bound. Looking out my plastic cage; Other toys are freed.
Shore Leave
Boot camp: a distant memory to some, A figment of imagination others others. All we know is this port to which we’ve come Laying down our arms alongside our brothers. Many eat and drink to their heart’s content While others…
The Iceman
A prince In his own time. Blond and proud The world his oyster. The throne awaited him Or so he was told. Absorbed in fantasies Of being more than he then was. He dreamed Of being a king. Grey clouds…
Lighthouse
There never was a formal exchange. No passing of a baton. No palming of the keys. One day I chose to leave that warm and cosy room. And ventured up the winding stairs, Ascending, clockwise. As time itself marched on.…
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