Long Toggle Poems

this is more than a feeling;
Life's struggle like a fishing line;
I am a fish reality got me hook, line and sinker;
Reeling I struggle to hold on like a mountain climber;
These rocks got me, tripping me...

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Daemons within gray matter of this male run amuck...

hence yours truly (me)
seeks mental health services 
without any luck
even after reading Scripture 
from my namesake who exuded pluck
after paging thru 
the AETNA Medicare directory,
whether a group...

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I am anxious
as my 5:30 beeping alarm
grows defiantly louder,
reminding me of surreal difference
between asleep, longing for better days awake,
and,
now awake,
longing for more sleep
struggling toward alarming predawn buttons
to release from this first crisis
for depressing life's day-rousing...

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Jazz man of the mill suffering atomic verse
Born of the waves, air-raids of sound 
Moons  to profile the edge of weather 
And sun to light the way 
Inside the cliffs and black holes beyond...

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The excitement starts
The second I wake up
I have the biggest smile ever
Today I am jumping
Today I will fly

My stomach has butterflies
A tea and I’m ready to go
To the skydiving hanger
To my chariot with wings

The tiny...

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In the dark of the night, 
when all are sleeping, out of sight,
the Oggles come out to play. 
For they love to flirt, 
in the rubbish and the dirt,
a curious courtial display.

For Oggles mate for...

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When I first saw it
	in the dark corner there
where none would see it
	hidden away from sight

dark green was its color
	in the darkness hard to see
with few bright glitters
	catching the light

smooth flowing curves it had
	without harsh...

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                As two, hearts dance the embrace of a fire,
          ...

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Fast forward at least two score
Earth's orbitz round the sun
approximately the year 2040
history already wrote him off
as thee worst president
(based on numerous metrics)
of these United States.

Now toggle back to today
November 17th, 2020
the forty fifth commander...

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I really do not like the thought of a God that makes things happen
Call it destiny, call it fate, call it pre-determination
Call it God’s grand plan or deity intervention
Call it whatever you want to call...

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Light switch: a toggle in which to turn something on or off...

Some would call it a gift
Others would say a curse
But I have dwelling inside me
A switch, a toggle if you may
That most don’t have...

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A love of fast cars that he could not afford
led him to be a poor fourth place in his own race.

He once lived in an ancient Toyota van,
just for a week, but long enough to...

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If I could only maneuver about
Or manipulate this stone
Then perhaps, by chance
I'd loosen the grout
This mountain, I would hone

Maybe I could toggle a bit
Molding my world of clay
Evaluate and calculate
Every inch of every day

If luck...

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Christians, fundamentalist and evangelical,
Have their own music, which is loud and clear,
But although it’s repeated monotonously every week, 
It always excites them so, when they draw near. 

Their music stimulates them unfailingly, 
I mean, the...

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So I got up and left and said it might get better but I won’t hold my breath 
I’ve pondered on death but I guess I fail to grasp the meaning of life
So how can...

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Images from a cogged apparatus.
Fingertips toggle milled brass
abreast a concertinaing leather.
Tripodal spread, pegged legs.

Women paused in pose,
a gilded stillness.
A plump bosom peek-show.
Wide-open lens revealing
knee’s, and ankles, 
silky ribbons; lace decorously draped
over a connivance of modesty.

A...

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The Ohio wipes its face every few miles.
This bend in the river
forgets the wharfs, the gravel silos
and power plants,
only occasional coal barges 
push an industrial flatus before them.

Here cattails gather herons
into measured dominions.
The river gallops...

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Forgotten memories come flooding back
A full on downpour.  A nostalgic attack
Submerged in waters of days gone by
Obeying the current.  Embracing the ride
 
Familiar fragrances, each way I turn
Battles I lost.  Bridges I...

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WE HAD CAKE DAY AT THE RESTAURANT
WE HAD MORE 
THAN WE COULD BARE
WE DIDN'T WANT TO THROW THEM OUT
SO WHEN THE CHEF SAID HE COULD DO SOMETHING WITH THEM
WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A DESSERT
WE...

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In the sun it’s boiling hot;
In the shade it’s cold.
Don’t think I complain a lot
Just because I’m old.

My two brothers live here; one
Loves all the mountains’ range 
Of weather, from when snow’s begun
In summertime, so...

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Parades in progress, coaches appear, and

Black-plumed horses dance,

They raise their heads and velvet blankets

Toggle as they prance!


The queen appears, the king is dead,

The servants gather ‘round,

Coronation appurtenances all arranged,

How deftly they confound!


The scepter raised, the...

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The power of emotional panaceas
And the hours when we dress to switch us.
They sing, dance, and enchant us.
To escape into a dreamlike state.
And find calmness in lavender and azure. 
Silently spreading awareness.
That has been true forever. 
Regardless...

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