Long Rif Poems

More Horn Humdrum KISS Poems

Will have total, complete trust in my security
Once I know it does not have a single impurity.

When with God I want to increase my appeal
More to Him should pray while I...

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TAKING THE OATH
For those who are born again through the Oath of Citizenship	
at the Onondaga County Courthouse, Syracuse, New York!  

The morning prayers over
the neighbor’s car cold, the ride
to the court house quiet as...

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THE AL-ANDALUS QUARTET: PART THREE
GRANADA / KHARNATA 1492 AD / 897 AH

I live in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada
with my beautiful sisters Albaicin and Sabikah
The crown that I wear is al-hisn al-hamra 
and the...

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Micro-particular molecular particles whose properties carry less mass at any given time typically are airborne, only to be respired and absorbed through means of respiration. 
Exhaled only to be once again; inhaled. 
Trapped inside inner...

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(I got the idea for this poem after seeing a mean commercial that R.I.F. made.)

What you're doing is nasty and cruel.
You're insulting my friend because he dropped out of school.
You called him a moron, an...

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Showers light or hard
bring cleansing and a pause
to your current ritual 
forcing amnesia of your flaws. 

A gift from up above
to remind your of your love
to lay back and paddle back
to memories you don't speak...

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Dry Tears In Each Eye

I wonder what if
I were to jump off a cliff
Was caused by a RIF.

(RIF is reduction in force.)

Not meant to offend
What I really did intend
Message start to send.

Must help others out
Tell...

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