Littler Poems

with arms wide open

...imagine
if I was harmless
from the hurt
that lives
deep down
but shallow 
in my stomach
that is to big
for my bones to carry

imagine if I was
littler
than the girl
who told me that
she...

Free to Me

...Free means that someone brings it to you
With good tidings in their heart
Expecting nothing in return
And are not disappointed
When you say thank you
Offering no favors

Free means you get a f...

small things

...
sun …

glints off sweaty trickles as
they plop … plop …
little lad’s littler fingers tickling a
tide pool’s papery face
things of mysterious intention, darting
there to here to there …
wide...

My Angel

...I beg you
stay a littler longer
you are to me
as the moon is to the night
I will never forget
my dream was to hold you 
in my arms
with whispers of delight
...

I Care I Search

...I hear little whimpers from out in the yard.
He is searching everywhere, looking really hard.

Then I realize he is missing his littler toy dog.
He looks in an old bucket and under a log.

I re...

Adolf Hitler

...Starter of World War Two, Adolf Hitler
His compassion for Jews could not have been littler.
During his Nazi speeches, he'd shout and perspire.
He likely did not realize he was a hideous liar....

Africans Goliath Frog

...goliath frog throws his tummy around
rainforest is where he is often found
snapping up shellfish blue
consuming littler frogs too
slurping up insects with nary a sound...

Conversation With Self

...Why do birds sing? Because
croaking, like a frog, does
not become them – 

And why do frogs croak? Maybe
just to keep the tiny fish alert
so when birds swoop
they won't eat them – 

and if b...

I Call It Anger Displacement

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i call it anger displacement
see how many s i can get in one sentence
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effort is another reason
i seldo
start were i finished
There is very little humanity i tolerate
if i had a...

Nobel Prize Can Surprise

...Grand Citations of The Still Sober
In Neared Radios of Fresh October
And one had in mind a Graham Greene
But - Lo! - Some Newly Discovered Being:
“Greene had a bit got sensational,
 His rejectio...

A Little Beauty and Innocence

...This simple story I relate to you exactly as it unfurled…reminding me there is still pure beauty and innocence in the world.

A mother and her daughter entered the bookstore…at guessing ages I am p...

Stipends Ruined Me

...Extra pay just to do one littler thing?
It put a skip in my step that mind-blowing spring.
Stipends! Stipends! Stipends! I began to chant.
I told the principal, “Water your own fern plant.”

It ...

Appetizers

...appetizers are not uncomplimentary
they are food for gods and primitive man.
The ape is the apex as
Blood and Oranges are exceptionally 
eulogistic pleasing to the soul 
Down, down, down into th...

Weekend Warrior

...Why?
Why not!
Their point of view

Each Friday they drank 
vengeance
every bottle drowned
another ache

Knights
shedding the end of a week
elegant shine
lost in devil may care

Needs
n...

Weak

...Today someone told me that I was strong because I wasn’t close to you. 
I’m flabbergasted 
I don’t understand
Did they want me to cry on the streets?
To throw all inhibition. 
To run? To hide?
...

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