Best Fallback Poems

My words escape my thoughts
With a cloak of lies
And a hood of silver
Lips of gold
And an accent of truth
 
My mind's deceiving oath
Perpendicular array of...

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When you run out of smarts
 —you better have guts

(Villanova Pennsylvania: January, 2018)...

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He sat in an old wooden porch swing,
Elbows on knees; Salem Menthol burning down.
Thinking, smoking, Salems his favorite thing.
Fingers colored over time a deep tar...

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All That ‘I AM’ - Revisited

Let all that ‘I AM,’ yes, my pulp, seed, and cover,
from dreams long misplaced to the fears, I’m resisting
(though friends...

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You know that I won
Some say I clear lost
Their whines so exhaust
Wrong man they just crossed.

How wrong they all are
Fools to a man
When I've only...

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hey white girl
what are u doin 2 day?
are u complaining about da events of ur self imposed stressful day
hey white girl
what u sayin 2 day?
Knowin...

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I am going to be a ballerina, dancing 
Exotically and beautifully,
In a pink tutu, fluffy and frothy
My arms will glitter with
Glitz and sass.

I will be...

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A handful of years ago, 
from the Light, appeared the Dark.
And then, a flashback meant no fallback;
for the reality of yours became
more desirable than my...

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as children we watched the sky wind clouds
from amongst trees or sandy beech crowds
we played in the water and had fun with reflections
picturing lions tigers...

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I put a mere desire into your hole,

although 

it’s only a misleading impression.

My right leg is dwelling in a bowl of potpourri,

My left leg is...

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