Published: 22 April 2026

what is it you don’t get?

if you don’t want to talk it’s not all right by me
I would really appreciate a moment of your time
as I am listening to more hatred, than those who
hate you can raise, lousy lizard heads, how they despise you
and all you provide, they say that’s our cafeteria
but, they’re only after your lunch, and all that is good
they say they will make your home a desert!
in case they don’t remember us, maybe it was all the
alcohol they took against our wishes but then again
everyone danced all night to the Husseins, the Shahs,
the Rama Lama Ding Dong of the Sons of Man, the Marketers
the Mouseketeers, the Cream Cheese and Kleenex squad
dig it
they really need to be put down, like you did when you
nailed the hides of those who would steal your land
steal your providence, your rich pastures that you meant
for everyone — then Oh Great Big Dude — lay it on them
take everything they took and turn it into a fucking disaster
shake the foundations of their tiny worlds and teach the meaning
of small
shame is a great education, so send them back to school
so they may value you above all others
creator, lover, judge, mother, father, home

based on psalm 83 ”Keep not thou silence, O God” KJV

More Poetry:

gravity mocks me

with flying pies in the face
rakes meant for Sideshow Bob
new frost on concrete stairs
ladders not properly secured

everything is a lie, what is love?

everything is a lie; what is a lie?
what can be excused; what must be forgotten?
when the blood is on your hands
the moment you say you’re innocent

poetry is more than a hole

1
you can go to bed and plan
to get up in the morning and dig a hole
and by noon, you can be done
this is not a good recipe for writing a poem

Confession, for Michael Dennis

I’m reading Raymond Carver and thinking of my friend Michael –
not because he recommended Carver, but because
when he’s in his stride, Michael writes like Carver. I call it ‘me
poetry’. I wrote lots of it. Until I got tired of seeing “me” all the time.
Nonetheless, there’s something in the delicacy of Carver’s/ Michael’s ruminations,

two ways to make friends

there are two ways to make friends
you sing together or
you dance together
the only exception are
children

they do both at once

There’s Nothing Like Banana Bread

You may talk about the beauty of Venice,
or you can visit the glories of Rome, but
for me there is nothing better on Earth,
than banana bread made at home.

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