WHO EDITS?
I read the news,
I watch the news,
I listen to the news,
I read Google for views,
Someone edits all this stuff,
Well, I guess that's tough,
Whose agenda is manipulative?
Media ghouls so negative,
Their agenda is too much,
Haven't normals had enough?
Well, I guess that's tough,
Who edits all this stuff?
Categories:
edits, angst, society, writing,
Form: Free verse
EDITS OF MY LIFE
The years scrolled down like pages
Lots of memories to highlight
Bad times not deleted
That wouldn’t feel right.
Sometimes the years just flowed
Almost perfect from the start
Others were a struggle
Etched forever in my heart
There were missing commas
Brief respites from the pain
Transitions were never easy
But life went on again.
We’d seen unexpected full stops
Sudden death and falling tears
Some insertions gave great pleasure
As I scrolled back through the years
Others dared to comment
Sometimes along the way
Suggested I make changes
That price too high to pay
Edits never ended—
Descriptions just not right
The deadline approached quickly
Time to print in black and white
I wouldn’t really change things
—even if I could
I liked the script I’ d chosen,
things that I had done
The life story that unfolded
Was for me a special one
Categories:
edits, appreciation, feelings, life,
Form: I do not know?
...for Virginia
Floating under the surface,
stones weighting her body,
gremlins and goblins
are hobbling her soul.
Images jar,
memories jostle,
her compass is gone
yet she's in full control.
Full to o'erflowing,
her faculties failing,
she's one with the fishes,
at last she is whole.
Categories:
edits, loss
Form: Quatrain
Diet is really edit misspelled.
I'd rather think of it that way.
It seems easier to modify,
Than it does to take away.
Diet is also a harsh word.
Starvation leaps to mind.
A jailer who throws the key away,
Because eating is a crime.
Edit is a nicer word.
Rearranged it spells the tide.
A picture of ebbing serenity,
Erosion over time.
Diet is more of a challenge.
A gauntlet slapped in your face!
While edit simply reminds us,
A pencil may also erase.
Categories:
edits, allegory, food, parody,
Form: Rhyme