An effervescent evanescence
Our lives all bubbles rising
Effortlessly in an endless stream
Of time.
Gravity pulls and holds us
Yet still we rise,
A hint of the sublime
Within the mundanity of daily lives.
Over and over, in waking time
And, of course, in dreamtime
We break through, released
Only to be reborn within the stream.
Our lives each,
No matter how humble or exalted,
A mirror of the macrocosm
Within the microsphere.
As above, so below
Each in His divine image
And all of that,
And yet how easily we forget.
Our lives isolated, after all,
Within our bubbles. Yet over and over
In waking time, and, of course, in dreamtime
We break through, released.
Only to be reborn again
Within the stream.
What does that make us then
In all these bubbles?
An effervescent evanescence
Rising through
An endless dream
Of time.
(9/25/26)
Far right polemic is rehearsed
Hubble bubble toil and trouble
Insanity.. humanity at its worst
Together can burst their bubble
Or in the sh*t forever immersed
Burns and then turns to rubble
As damn it our planet is cursed
We need to do this at the double
Earth’s our home must be nursed
If not then we’re all in real trouble
Climate crises cannot be reversed
Don’t need a telescope like Hubble
The sea rises our cities submersed
Infanticide.. boys won’t get stubble
As all our kids’ futures are hearsed
Just hubble trouble boil and bubble
In AI’s lies we’re now all well versed
Lust for bust as cash must be pursed
The enemy knows the power of a hook.
One verse repeated got your whole world shook.
Because your ears are the gateway to an unseen realm.
Lead in a pencil becoming the ink from a well.
Escape room within the confines of a mind bass ackwards.
Sea horse in a bubble, Jessica Rabbit past her prime.
Thoughts cruising down dead end streets and round abouts for no apparent reason or rhyme.
Letting it flow in the changing of seasons.
I've sat within darkness, led by light back to freedom.
Brain set ablaze, while stumbling within a self made maze.
Thankful to the Lord my God, after how far I strayed.
Restored a mind which had become lost in the hallways of insanity. The mind itself had made.
Writing to find the keys of the rooms I've still no access.
Lead leading the process of imagination on paper.
Bubble Bubble little star.
Bubble bubble watch around.
Bubble bubble shining in the light.
Bubble bubble colourful kite .
Bubble bubble forming and growing.
Bubble bubble without knowing.
Bubble bubble in the air.
Bubble bubble round but not square.
Bubble bubble fun to blow.
Bubble bubble grow and grow.
Bubble bubble float up high.
Bubble bubble float towards sky.
Bubble bubble float down low.
Bubble bubble land on my toe.
Bubble bubble made of soap.
Bubble bubble made of hope.
Bubble bubble for sale now.
Bubble bubble on the tik tok show.
Bubble bubble for those who care .
Bubble bubble we are everywhere.
Ever have a fart that you don’t trust
Because you have the bubble guts
I squeezed my cheeks
I sneezed it leaked
Depends not dependable enough
It forever holds its flavor
One is all you’ll ever need
One can savor it for later
Or share it with a lover
Your brother if you’re onto that
A friend who’s a bestie
Or a stranger who’s in need
I’ve repurposed a pill box
To dispense my favorite flavor of the day
It will never disintegrate
And is guaranteed
Or your money back
If this gum just happened
To fall into the ocean
It would surely float
Be gobbled up by some random fish
Or get caught up
In the net of a fishing boat
And the Captain will surely gloat,
“Yum, cherry apple red.”
But like most trash
Gum ends up in the dump
Where it remains forever flavorful
For the ants and bums
Who rummage for just one
You cannot cradle a star’s gravity
Without becoming the star—
And a black hole does not carry a ship—
It becomes its singularly.
Eddie says,
In Deutschland, school is free, a total score!
In Italy, the table is mighty light!
But here, the debt reaches astounding heights
And leaves us face-down on the floor!
This student debt is such a massive chore.
Online certificates? Yeah, they're alright.
College, for most learners is overpriced.
Because the Ivy League's a big debt score.
We need some healthcare for every old soul,
Not med bills that're totally out of whack!
It's bogus how they strip us of control.
The student debt system is busted crap.
Let's strive to use reason to reach our goal,
With education and health on fast track!
B onkers – Crazed folks who have replaced Bankers
U nhinged – No longer refers to a door losing its hinges
R aging – People as stormy as Nature
S quatters – “What’s yours is mine”
T errorism – What the world lives with daily
She is floating in the sky
without a care or trouble -
a wee sylphid, my oh my...
or just a little bubble?
Dear nymph, in every enchanting detail,
we two shall live a scenic fairytale
as we flutter above each dale and hill.
Won't you marry me? Please say that you will.
Sir, thank you for your fantasy in rhyme,
but the hour is quick and fleeting.
I wish we had more time
for this meeting.
Pop!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
a single sphere
rises~
a tiny cosmos
escaping
the flute’s curve.
we lift our glasses,
not to the year past,
but to the
silence
between seconds~
that breath before
the next breath,
before
the cork pops,
before the chorus
of clink and cheers
drowns the hush of hope.
Here’s to the fizz
on our tongues,
to the future~
unbroken.
B loopers you can't resist
U nder your stomach, crumbles and persist
B ubbles seen and floating in the eyes of the naked
B loating, bumping cramps of the wicked
L ifelong-struggles that make people laugh
E verybody snuggles, embrace and never scoff
G anging up on hyper or serious and loners of creed
A ping the mystics and heroes that squeed
N ever tire of life's challenges and trials
G ang of bubbles, portraying life's trendy and bloody vials
If television is chewing gum for the eyes,
as this architect would have us think,
can you walk and chew gum at the same time
or would it put your TV on the blink?
But what if radio is bubble gum for the ears,
as is my personal perception,
would you be forever blowing big ones
or would it interfere with the reception?
The bubble is bound to burst
before long; therefore at least
A gondola you should opt for
For letting loose your emotions
Loaded with almost all oceans
Curved currents and foams
Potential fear amidst delight
and excitement; your sights
blurred by beauty that roams
along the edges of the figure
Flooding your whole existence
Mopping off all distance
Of time and space in braincase
Only the embrace, you write
and replace, the lips and face
In cloud base and fireplace
In cold case and in a horse race
Mewing wooing cooing
Howling, growling, prowling.
Doing, undoing and redoing
Life is never a straight line
Bland canned and flatland
It's waist band and dreamland
Fascinating woodland
Crescent and fluorescent
Incessantly effervescent
So no monochrome of woe
No saying always not and no
Instead, the bugle of gusto
In the meadow with a rainbow
Always the wonderful gun
In your lovely hair-bun
___________________
18 September 2025
Hare trapped in a bubble,
Too pained by the capture;
Yet chews its last supper.
Even joy precedes pains—
stop your stare,
dare to help.
Though I err,
spare some love,
wipe my tear.
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