Long Topeka Poems

The stage was so spectacular I had to wear my glasses.
They only let a handful in with extraordinary passes;
written in a scripted font and lined with foiled gold,
for those of us who had one, they...

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...He walked up and kissed her head so softly,
then said, “Good news, I’m off for the next few weeks.”
She said, “Mmm…and I’m betting that you’re are
thinking of all that you will do to me.”
He smirked,...

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If you are now reading this note
I am hoping you’ll understand,
I didn’t mean for any of this,
was trying to be a good man.
All that I was trying to do
was support my only son, Dan.
It started...

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I like reminders, so I email my husband every day from work:  
Remind me to bring chili tomorrow, wear a silly hat on Tuesday, bring a baby shower card on Thursday.
The dog’s appointment is...

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Four more years
Four more years
Barack Hussein Obama
Four more years.

To continue the journey 
Begun four years ago 
To score aimed goal
Four more years.

To let not die 
The farsighted story
Of American Dream
 Four more years.

To keeo the...

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The Toonerville Express disturbs a still December morn’,
Like Gabriel himself, but with a whistle, not a horn.
It fades into the distance as my hopes go down the drain. 
I’m two miles from the station, but...

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It was 1857, civil tension on the rise,
And the dialogue on servitude found little compromise.
Justice Taney cited precedent in making his decree: 
“A slave is not a citizen; it’s private property.”

Nine old white men in...

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The dogs are banned from fields of green
lest anyone should “step in it”
yet 50 geese just landed there
and no one tells them where to “..it”

Masked bandits prowl the streets at night
trash can clamor in the...

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Heavenly Music

Instead of all of them still yelling EUREKA
What they ended up with was TOPEKA
Kansas where banjoes they will strum
And State Capital will never become.

Would it to many make much sense?
If an Arabian actually lived...

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