Lapsed Poems - Poems about Lapsed

I did not ask to be baptized ~ I see no need to play by their rules...

Continue reading...

Lapsed contra dancer rediscovers his happy place I tip figurative hat to the late Cathy Robertson, longtime (lifetime) Thomas Paine Unitarian Church member, who unwittingly and quite casually made mention of contra dancing, which inopportunely, inextricably, and inaccurately linkedin to The Contras who were various United States backed and funded right-wing rebel groups that were active...

Continue reading...

I Alan Watts says we live forever In children if we can bear There is no joy in going on, ever And ever as a dying tree or flower II He was a brilliant Brit, knew nirvana! Died as American, in California Barely making 59 years, once pastor Presbyterian in Pennsylvania III I need to research why he quit He was undoubtedly good at it For faithfulness few...

Continue reading...

A former slender man (lapsed Unitarian anorexic)... deplores adipose tissue gain No Holiday music can soothe savage beast washboard abdomen weight watcher's dream fleeced skinny bag of lovely bones permanently leased body snatcher somewhere amidst policed madding crowd of carolers singing, where mine sinking spirits ceased rising today December 18th, 2020 analogous how unleavened bread (i.e. matzo) lacks yeast. I loathe shucking clothes, (no matter eyes severely...

Continue reading...

(alternate title: days of yore bubba's zayda flush with buggy boo horse sense). Norristown City Hall police person informed yours truly on September 15th, 2020 mine automotive driver license expired, thus between January 13th 2019 and September 17th, 2020 I drove automobile, (whether borrowed or owned) without vehicular infraction. Prevarication about me getting arrested absent bail and locked up into solitary confinement without fail predicated upon outdated invalid...

Continue reading...

Empty nest syndrome, plus lapsed romances revisited... courtesy Matthew Scott Harris sentimental memorialized mental archive No matter mine eldest daughter (born December 22nd, 1996) starred circa within storied Matthew Scott Harris family rendition of Breaking Home Ties. Now interspersed with following recherché trivia: originally titled film made during 1922 courtesy Sigmund Lubin, and among “Pop” Lubin’s Silent Film Empire produced over 3,000 silent movies spanning the two decades of his...

Continue reading...

I caress the black leaning into its soft velvet hold, hoping to blind the agony but, the reflection of my sadness overwhelms and sickens I swallow nails with each gulp food carries the stench of death uncaring of a torn psyche I continue to look back searching my mistakes rehashing every word with each glance at our end ...

Continue reading...