Something I’m Working on – 4

The Book of Everything and Naming the Beasts “So?”, I asked the Poet, “Are you expecting to have time to read?” “What do you mean?” “That book you packed” “That book”, the Poet said, stopping, “Is reference material” “So, like a Bible or a Book of the Dead?” The Poet began walking again, “More general […]

Sadly, More Poems

We’re Done For! Someone took my calendar and they removed all instances of the seventh day. Last Saturday I took a look and my entire body shook Because, I realized to my sorrow there was no tomorrow. What Every Child Wants You to Know It’s obscene the amount of effort is takes to stay clene […]

Something I’m Working on – 3

I’m Told to Go to Hell and Why The poet had me sit down on the book-couch. He sat across from me on the quarterly-bed. “I’ve been tasked with showing you what Hell looks like” I sat there anticipating that the next thing he said would rhyme. “Because living with me is such Hell, it […]

The Ant Who was Full of Himself

Once upon a time there was an ant who felt that he was “all that and a bag of chips… with a Michael Jordan bobble-head thrown in for free”. The rest of the world was united in having the exact opposite opinion. The ant was unremarkable. The ant would go into his boss’ office and […]