Short Torpedoed Poems

pip-squeak in the air
   rams a fleeing big black crow
         — torpedoed and stunned

5/22/2018...

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(chance operations)


Beethoven’s orchestra torpedoed
Restoring life to the platform
Desire’s found, as the quiet storm raged on
Deliciously clinging to the heartbeats
Of every symphonic note
There was a true rhapsody
As, Beethoven’s first symphony played on...

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One wanted my company but they vetoed,
I had happened to overhear.
My anger never torpedoed,
but nulled to make way for sorrow.
I realized it was not them that were hollow–
But it was I that caused distress,
I could not sojourn there nor here,
and everyone hesitated, failing to confess....

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FALL    IN    THE    SNOW

Navigating deserted street , timorously,
Seems  ok underfoot, so branch out a little.
No ice, just hard-packed snow.
Sidewalk  looks  white, innocent, safe.

Left foot treachery,   collapse to port side
Like a tree felled at random
Or a ship torpedoed.
Lie still, winded and unsure of breakages

Try  to catch breath. 
Test leg, - ok.   Lone  passer-by  offers hand
Pulls me to the surface.
Rooted again, step gingerly out once more....

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