a haiku
Black lives matter in different ways to different people in the American rainbow especially bus companies
There never was anyone like Ali between the ropes or facing the public. In the ring and out
Dreams I can’t remember cause a conflagration fire hoses can’t put out. Dreams I can recall arrive in technicolor.
Strong man Samson told Delilah seven locks of hair were the secret of his strength
They moved in on Sunday, a bright and sunny day, the first black family on the bloc… They drove up in two U-Hauls and slowly carried furniture
After the Inauguration, perhaps he will take his family on vacatio… Hawaii’s an oasis during the winte… But in time he’ll watch for someth… that will challenge his skill set.
When you were a boy in 1948 living on a block of bungalows in Chicago right after WWII you had a red wagon you pulled behind your mother
After Wisconsin, we see a Trumpeter Swan swimming in circles Donal Mahoney
We worry so much because we’re nice people. We want to find a way to feed the poor house the poor
I told my wife the other night when she came back to bed my feet were cold so now’s the time for me to tell her not to bury me or burn me
It’s time to stop the killing by order of the courts. Time to stop the injections
Sending out an address change to a friend I haven’t seen in 50 years, I say my wife and I are moving someplace new next month
Ten years later he still mourns the death of his friend, Bill, such a smart man he could talk to
He’s not among the quick and not among the dead. He’s somewhere in between he tells anyone who stops his wheelchair in the halls
In the glow of the porch light one moth a final fandango nowhere to go