Long Irritatingly Poems

Achooo!
It begins, almost always, with a sneeze, 
Which, in some cultures, 
Invites blessings, 
But, in some others, a curse,
As it’s held to be ominous!
Blessing or curse, soon the frequency
And the decibels increase—
Incredibly, irritatingly, inconveniently, and...

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Irritatingly often unnecessarily compliant
to the whims of those about him
endlessly wordlessly wondering
about the many demented subjective qualities
of our ever present mammalian imperative via
a thought balloon filled with candy and bullets
that lingers menacingly overhead
announcing the death...

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There is an antique writing desk
in my little study
handed-me-down
from generations of would-be
writers in my family

And there are ancient creatures
from days gone by
living in this old desk still
evil, larcenous little creatures
envious of literary skill

This explains much

Lately,...

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* “You have to be both an angel and a devil in order to create peace”

I am a little kid walking up the dark cobbled streets of France, chatting among close 
friends.   Shouting,...

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1.
“Communion of saints, forgiveness of sins,”
Worship words recited, relationships
Reflected among restless, inconstant,
Imperfect people, somehow sharing a
Faith which makes them one. I appropriate
These sacred words to speak in hallowed
Terms to the bond which unites our two...

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There he goes again trying to pump up the small crowd  
in a shrill voice that could be irritatingly loud;
he talks too much and always likes to have the last word,
wanting people to believe...

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SPIRIT AND STONE &
A GREAT LAKE NEARBY

Her father was
a difficult contradiction,
annoyingly similar to a certain
type of teacher, minister or priest,
to a certain type of imam, rabbi
or occasional poet, a confounding
combination of spirit and stone,
a faith...

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A HELL DATE

Like an order from the military junta
He swerved the steering off our route
I was surprised... not really scared
It was four days after my birthday
Where are we going? 
What's happening? tell me
We are going...

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She’s a crone, I think, judging her dour disposition and prissy ways.
Discover by accident she is twelve years my junior!
Her face is pasty withered; worn, super freckled
Her neck not unlike the wrinkles of an elephant’s...

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Missy was the saddest cat ever a cat has the right to be
She was dull colored all over, white, and irritatingly giant fluffy.
Alley cats made fun of her, saying she was too simple and plain.
No...

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I woke up today from a long ugly nap that was real
was in a horrible dentist chair, same old  ridiculous feel….
whacko of a dentist had taken extra-long potty break
irritating me for I had one...

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I woke up today from a long ugly nap that was real
was in a horrible dentist chair, same old  ridiculous feel….
whacko of a dentist had taken extra-long potty break
irritating me for I had one...

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A healthy distance for tolerating LeftBrain dominance
is to recognize our global incarnation
into RightWing intolerant prominence
as dogma of a strictly white hetero-male privileged unkind.

A distance between silent impatience
and loud dissent
is the distance between nonverbal nonviolence
and irritatingly...

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Leave me alone please, the disturbingly patient but truly sick woman said.
Every time she was mysteriously interrupted, she was brought out of bed.
After the six interruption, she began to get a bit mad and mean.
Very...

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I’m not always a fan of poetry - if I actually take time to ponder it
- it can be so irritatingly rhymey, kind of fussy and needlessly intricate.

Compare my love to a summer’s day and...

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Will this pandemic ever be over and everything get back to normal
When high school kids can have a dance and the girls wear a formal
Will our small children grow up thinking a mask is a...

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