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Shapes

...How can we be expected to "think outside the box" when so many of us have been categorized, neatly labeled, and perfunctorily "stuffed" inside one, and have little or no idea what "outside" is like?
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Categories: perfunctorily, philosophy,
Form: Free verse

And Make It a L-O-O-O-O-N-G One

...As POTUS he fled from Afghanistan
     abandoning our troops in the sand 

   As VEEP he kowtowed to the Mullahs
     sent billions to the sponsors of Hamas and Hezbollah

   In Jerusalem today...

Categories: perfunctorily, america, humor, leadership, satire,
Form: Couplet

First Pour

...An unreflective bodhisattva
nods to the unwashed dishes.
Once again I seek a daily liberation
from a chore long boondoggled.

Next a phlegmy mantra
gummed through spongy lips.
I sleep, I wake....

Categories: perfunctorily, poetry,
Form: Free verse

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The Coffee Making Ceremony

...An unreflective Bodhisattva
nods to the unwashed dishes.
Once again I seek my morning 
liberation by ways of a dark libation

Next a phlegmy mantra
gummed through spongy lips.
“I sleep, I wake...

Categories: perfunctorily, poetry,
Form: Free verse

Pampered Pooch

...Primped, pampered pug Priscilla perused pate portion perfunctorily piqued





10/23/19...

Categories: perfunctorily, dog,
Form: Alliteration

The 24 By 7 Disconnect

...While attending a social do
You meet and greet others
It’s more a social norm
Than any ‘real’ connect
As you attend to calls
Or get yourself updated with ‘Updates’
Or simply fiddle with your ph...

Categories: perfunctorily, technology,
Form: Blank verse

Rearview Mirror

...Rear view mirror

Objects, objectively put, are  closer  
than they  appear. But it doesn’t say it all. 
With the fair signs that spewed  forth once turning to
a slew of  pre-twitter  pseudo- tw...

Categories: perfunctorily, life,
Form: Free verse

The Problem With Poetry , Or, Harvesting the Pea Patch

...I’m put upon to ponder the problem of poetry
& thus, I proudly or, perhaps, perfunctorily,
Ponderously pronounce with a preponderance,
Even a plethora, of p’s:

Poetry is pithy, prankish and per...

Categories: perfunctorily, art, confusion, devotion, life,
Form: Free verse