Short Short Order Poems

Damning two lies
with only one truth
Deception remixes 
like gin and vermouth

Jumping from one
as the other got hot
Port in the storm
where perdition is fraught     

Grace in short order
 with blessings denied 
Thomas redoubting
 all faith circumscribed  

Prevarication
twin sister of pain
The Word caught between them
—trapped to remain

(The New Room: July, 2023)...

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MOSES AND THE PROMISED LAND


After wandering the desert for forty years
(Without a word of a lie)
Moses was not allowed to enter the Promised Land.
Tell you why? 


Israeli security is the world’s best.
Just you try rolling up to the Israeli border
In a blanket-robe, with a long beard dressed,
A story about crossing the Red Sea in short order,


And absolutely no  I.D., no passport, driver’s, say.
Can I come in please?  Forget it  -  on your way!...

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