Category Archives: poems & short jabs

curtain call

Curtain Call

I’m near
the end of
Act III
in my
battle with
life’s shadows.

 

Prepare to
turn up
the
house lights.

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defending our shores

Defending Our Shores

Every Wednesday
afternoon
hundreds of
ROTC students
gather
at the
American Legion
to listen
to this
speaker or
that
talk about
the virtues
of war
& the
understand-
ability of
sexual assault
in the
Armed Services.


When the
speaker is
finished they
stand at
attention&
sing the
national anthem.

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the mind goes blank

The Mind Goes Blank

One thought
cancels the
next so
rapidly that
I think
my mind’s
gone blank.

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misplaced energy

Misplaced Energy

The more
mediocre
the talent
the more
energetic
the effort
to get
published.

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the fire inside

The Fire Inside

He had
so much
fire inside
he was
put on
a pyromaniac
watch list.

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abstract reduction

Abstract Reduction

Language is
how we
render
life abstract.

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