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Cat Bugs

...This house has ghost cats.
Visitors twitch
as invisible whiskers brush their cheeks.

I talk faster; try to distract them,
or look out the window
as if seeing something really interesting.

G...

Distracted and Disconnected Disdainfully

...Drowning in regret
I have been mighty upset
Sad company met...

MANHOOD V WOMANHOOD

...MANHOOD V WOMANHOOD

I use my favourite chat-up line as I join her at the bar,
”What’s a girl like you doing without a man like me?”
She raises her eyes disdainfully, “That’s the...

The Pharisees

...When some men of faith brought a paralytic to be healed,
Opening the roof when they placed his bed before Jesus
When the forgiving grace of the almighty was revealed
The fault-finders placed befor...

Un-Feathered Nests

...The geese have migrated
taking many songbirds with them.

Some Canada Geese
have chosen to stay in the parking lots
by the busy shops, ensconced
within their un-feathered nests.

All day they...

The Miles of Smiles

...If I can walk ten thousand miles
Just to see your sunlit smiles,
I’d die ten thousand more times
Maybe, a billion times per chime; this time, I’ve committed love crimes

If I can walk infinity t...

Everything Will Be Awright

...Bled for you, babe
Save me from the demise of me
Said too much, babe
Dead inside, don’t seek me…I’m not wise like you are, baby

Everything will be alright
As long as I seek the light
I want t...

The Christmas Mule Reposted

...So many years had passed, he was the offspring of a horse and ass. 
Quickly discounted, young mule was sold over and over again 
until he finally ended up here, in Bethlehem.
Tethered to the carts...

I Bred a Rose

...I bred a rose of color rare
And gave it to my lady fair.
She looked at it disdainfully
Then, laughing, tossed it back to me.
No man, she said, her heart would hold
Lest he applied for it with go...

Hypocrites and Bullies

...Hypocrites and bullies
Come in every shape and form
They don’t all live under rocks
Or openly and disdainfully scorn

Many portray themselves
As caring individuals with superior intellect
Voic...

Once Upon a Time

...Once there was a girl, with stars and moonbeams in her eyes,
Who sat with me beneath a willow tree.
She gently held my hand,
Caressed and kissed me, and
Vowed that she was mine and loved me so.
...

Our Political Participation

...I've come to say a few things about our political involvement,
Important is this because our future is on the edge of  precipice,
And is dangerously tilting irreversibly towards enslavement,
If ur...

Vitriol

...Vile, vehement contempt
Voiced through harsh language and
Verified with mean acts;
Venom spewed freely at
Victims disdainfully;
Virulent, vicious hate
Vileness—God can cure all!


May 6, 202...

Tagore Translation: Unfit Gifts

...Unfit Gifts
by Rabindranath Tagore
loose translation by Michael R. Burch

At sunrise, I cast my nets into the sea,
dredging up the strangest and most beautiful objects from the depths ...
some ...

Dorothy Outfoxes Pucks and Picks

...Pucks and Picks two skinflints
Quietly and disdainfully blacken sequins
With their dour, disastrous ways.

Dorothy, one sequin got away. 
She was the shiny blue one.
She happily quit running af...

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