Long Hydrate Poems

[This poem 'No God Of  Mine' was seemingly confounding readers as
to its meaning. Ordinarily, if I felt a poem wasn't  cutting it, I'd delete
it, but on this occasion, I've been asked to explain it... so here goes.]


By...

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Why Alzheimer's

Sitting blank with nothing to think on my mind
Feels like a dry well in my head.
Nothing old or new under my sun.
Thirsty for knowledge of anykind;
I keep Pumping until there is a drip,
I stick...

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Cement, sand and gravel, blood, body and soul
Eternity bred from hell's darkest hole
Combine gruesome aggregates, hydrate the mix
Mould them and dry them, then stack up the bricks.

Thought in advance and precision laboured
Set automatic, eternity savoured
No...

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                 In the vast expanse of 
forgotten time, the now balances on the strings 
of eternity, cryochron-ology 
of the...

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1/19/23


Getting through endeavors
Doing better
More focus on what is important instead of only pursuing pleasure

Even though ladies never give me the time of day
Like animals, I'm a stray
Just could not find my way
Deep down quite okay
I...

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Purgative debacle debilitated me December 18th, 2020

Hoop fully adequately explains
source of odoriferous dry rot,
ye possibly smell, I jot
within this reasonable rhyme
without putting Johnny on the spot
my absence NOT attending fellowship,
today December 20th, 2020
albeit remotely, cuz...

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We cannot do without water,
But it could do without us
If we choose!
 
Bodies of living things are made up 
of mostly water, squashy plants,
Blood and Lymph  included too. 
Without Hydration, the skin as well...

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A blow to move the fine hairs that creep down the back of your neck
 a gaze on the lips of your ears, as you wonder in confusion, what shall happen next
 The soft black...

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How do i tell you i love you when,
When i am not sure that is what you feel for me?
How do i let you walk away but
But still have you?
See
My love for you is the...

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Spoiler Forewarning Alert!

This averred title announced straight
away so lingering fans
(hoop fully letting me abbreviate)
a short cut so ye
can up and evacuate,
while metered time,

not yet foregone and not to late
hence best heed mine caution
which can protect...

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Much to do
Yes it's true

Sit in chair
Look and stare.

Illness strain
Constant drain

What a mess
Hornet nest.

Clutter here
Clutter there.

Just start small
I won't fall

Choose one thing
It won't sting

Do it quick
That's the trick.

Stay on task
Make it last.

Hydrate too
Good it's true.

On...

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Her Suicide

Her husband said he was leaving
The darkness crept into her soul.
Why had he been so deceiving?
Her eyes looked to heaven with
a tragic roll.

She did not want to live without 
him!
So, slowly she went into...

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Born Norma Jean Mortensen
Marilyn was a singing, poetry writing and acting American
Born and raised in L. A., Miss Monroe
Grew in in foster homes
Growing up, her world was grim
To escape, she learned to pretend
Far from flattering
Starting...

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Earth Element of Water


The foremost need for earthly water is hydration;
     without its properties, there is no cell creation.
          Good cultivation of...

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Just say no to sunshine
Trying to penetrate your dark doom
Wrap your black cloud around its fire 
Smoother it in your tears, in your grief
In your past trauma
Feel it struggle in your stranglehold
Feel its energy released,...

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My eyes are neutral
Observing the horizon
Morning may never come
The birds may never chirp
My song may never be heard

If that sun never rises
It'll be because I didn't make it
I'm tired of everything
Though I have no reason...

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The Descent

Nature lovers enthralled by forest’s pine green canopies
Leading headway onto hallowed
Golden earthen pathways to the ancient underground playground

The hikers create a silver echo of their own (Hello, hello)
They tread carefully, dropping down
One by one,...

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and though all the world is falling round their head
they do what they can with what they have &
they make the most of it 
huddled inside a small town in the middle of nowhere
in a...

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The saddest man you ever saw
Sang through his nose, his notes were raw,
His teeth were bad, his voice was flat;
Hank Williams wore a cowboy hat.

A hundred songs upon the shelf,
He loved us more than loved...

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 Take me back to yesterday's summer night
Walking on the beach,
Sand between our toes
Hair blowing in the breeze.

When ripples in the sea 
slowly cleansed the sand,
Tickling our toes,
Washing away our footsteps.

On the edge where ocean...

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If I Die, Bury Me With Pencils

My sense of smell is gone.
Acetone is empty air.

The cough
attempts to cut the mucus from my lungs,
expell it from my lungs.

The fibers of the swab penetrated my flesh,
cotton against...

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Summertime is Coming
By Franklin Price
5/28/2015

Summertime is coming
To the northern hemisphere
The Sun half north in movement
As in every other year 

The days are getting longer
Alaska's hardly ever dark
Don't even need a flashlight
Walking midnight in the park

School...

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Take me there to yesterday's Summer night.
Walking on the beach,
sand between our toes,
hair blowing in the breeze.

When ripples in the sea,
slowly cleansed the sand,
tickling our toes,
washing away our footsteps.

On the edge where ocean meets land,
shoulder...

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Blazing sun stuns my eyes, sunglasses offer no respite.
Clammy hands tremble, as the steering wheel begins vibrating.
Arsenic heat suffocates, wrapping its hands around my neck.
Parched lips beg to hydrate, 
but 'Jeptha Creed' increases the intensity.
Thunder...

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Apart we stand and together we crumble.
She's hiding in the bathroom letting her world unravel.
Did three bumps wiped her nose; began to stumble.
Living her life between the sudden slams of the gavel.
She makes herself believe...

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