Bird mouth on the brain sells
plump unstately bucked up
matters of actual o-
bligatory occurrences at
Owl's Creaky Bridge where
forageable items can
spawn like people squeezing
elf-aware and clammy chowdered
clown adults from
rubes off courting blots of
nightingale PM firenze
crushed and all mixed up be-
between a frequent
moving stream of
freebies wheeling in a
west virginian's mother mar-
ried pupward to a
shapeless clumping mob or timely
hunk stoned sober old and sentient fac-
tory molding
silver fish resigned to meet-
ing parties all aligned and
drawn from quarters pound-
ed into minds repeated over
bendless queasy headed eggs a-
top the Falling Garden Wall.
Many times conspiracys, are proven' in times hindsight, post conformity. When does ' never again; become never mind?)
In our prescence' why does pride and arrogance make most blind.? Those who
Lived locked up, guilty only of being alive.'
It seemsmost myopic; and phobic..in actions were you, or are you as one smashing out your windows, in the coldest
Of seasons.? I argue on no theory; I agitate
Not in lies, if you live regardless? And in a
Type of insainty, are indeed besot'
leave me to reason, of the elemental
the eternal.
Yet before you decide on leaving' or are
Got.' Just try to find free living.'you
may see its imbued with true distinction, also the
Anti-dote, a counter to genocide; morbiditys and extinction.)
No matter what Life’s ups and downs give you
The relative truth is
At least you are still alive to experience it all
For better or worse,
And it could always be better or worse.
Which brings up the absolute truth
That it is what it is.
There is no perfect world with a perfect you
Somewhere other than here,
Which means the here and now
Is as good as it gets
Here and now.
(4/2/26)
(“Eye of the Beholder” detail, 2020, original encaustic)
They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder
But then again, so is everything else.
(11/19/25)
A palomino is to a horse
as a lead is to its source
If that makes sense to you
I'll ride the palomino
~ You ride the horse
Trump's MDs now searching the pool
Know organ transplant prolongs rule
For match perfection
Without rejection
His kidney must come from a mule
heedfully aware
I watch every move she makes
for she is a thief
a close relative
but none of us can trust her
hectic visiting
I safeguard my things
if someone warns me ahead
but they often dont
called Black Betty
she’s graceful
a rare beauty
still, quite a handful
she’s had her share
of adventure
and misadventure
AP: Honorable Mention 2025
"Normal, a term we all know well,
Yet, its meaning begins to unravel and tell.
A spider's intricate web, a marvel to see,
Is normal to the spider, but a hazard to the butterfly.
Is normal an illusion we create?
A relative truth that varies with each state?
A concept that shift like sand of the ground,
Leaving us questioning what's truly profound?
~Byeol
Albert Einstein
did like to brashly on physics opine
but when told he could be so insensitive
he said, who cares, everything is relative
Did you know Albert Einstein married his cousin?
It's a topic that makes for interesting discussion.
And while it may engender some negativity,
it gives new meaning to the theory of relativity!
To my Cousine
I never forget you, you were a real friend
In my life a diamond, a hard man, and so kind
A soul of life, relative of the life, part of life
Your life and your heart were your kind; style
Your kind is your honesty, caring; and life
Yes, this is your mind in my mind; respected
… your life.
I love you, I am asking God; you are good
I am sorry, I didn’t visit you; I respect you
You are a teacher of my life; a driver soul
Forgive me for not visiting you.
I'm proud of you.
I respect you.
Love you.
Vilmos
our inner spirit captain
views the medium...
a personal body-ship in
a space-time existence...
a ship in which a captain relaxes
with their outer relative-at-tea...
stan sand
before life begins
we accrue fictional sins
so guilt always wins
lest any deem themselves free
to alter reality
dollars and distance
do not measure existence
despite persistence
constant debt all but assured
within this credit card world
is living better
starting off as a debtor
shame's main abettor
always in the negative
when all else is relative
to death all succumb
becoming what we become
in part and in sum
being soon enough degrades
until last remembrance fades
like the dinosaur
the future won't fear our roar
care what we abhor
leaving only the remains
produced by once human brains
("Exploded View", 2011, original oil)
Complicit in the Lie
Everyone you meet
Is complicit in the lie
That this is what’s real
(12/29/23)
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