Our Nation Un-tied

Your shoe is untied
You might trip
Your long laces, and rocky spaces
Could end in disaster.

What has held us secure
In the running of our national race through history
How can it so quickly be untied
and lie vulnerable in waves of hurried changes

Slow down and restore security
Review the familiar loops and snug each eyelet
Return to the basic knots that have secured us so long before
that we might run strong once again.

We don’t need heavy new boots of government
We don’t need lazy handed-over velcro
We don’t need to have someone tell us our good dependable shoes are tired and worn out.

We simply need to re-tie the laces we have.
Stop running.
Humbling bend down, bow your head and focus on the what has carried us before
And run in security that you have tied your shoe and you know it is ready
to support your own running

Take action now or the fall will not be of one runner, but of us all.

Seasonal Sinusitis

Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:22 AM Topic: Seasonal Sinusitis
Seasonal Sinusitis
Drippy nose Itchy eyes Cheeks a rose Sleep? I’ve tried.
dried mouth dry skin patches dusty house pollen snatches
Sniffles snorts congestion phlegm post nasal courts weather’s whim
drugs that dry and pills that block seasons die co-pays sock
O to have clear, full breath again With out radar’s scope of tissue supplies Sleep-full nights and restful dreams set in Good riddance as seasonal sinusitis flies
11/30/6

Rooster’s Strut

Date: Sunday, November 26, 2006 8:56 PM Topic: Rooster’s Strut
Rooster’s Strut
King of the yard, top of the heap First rise and and end the sleep
Watching the hood and coop Patrolling the daily parade route
Proud and pious struts the cock Gargling calls to defend the lot
Roasted, Brazened, Fried or Poached The roosters boldness soon to be toasted. . 11/26/6

Remembering To Let Go

Date: Wednesday, May 24, 2006 3:03 PM Topic: Remembering to Let Go
How long to keep a book or a file or a pack of matches. There is an honoring and remembering to treasure keepsakes of a loved one, or an important moment or place Love the loved one and free up the space. 5/24/6

Pressure Power

Date: Sunday, November 26, 2006 7:35 PM Topic: Power of Pressure
PRESSURE
Ever present Demanding Affecting the whole body It’s mental It’s physical It’s real It drives It bates It wains It is controlled to be a help It has an edge It almost hurts It almost ignorable It’s pressure. I GOT TO GO PEE
11/26/6

Promise of Protection

Date: Monday, September 25, 2006 3:35 AM Topic: Promises of Protection
LIttle umbrellas waiting in the hall. Hanging on their hooks for young and small. Promises of protection, fashion for some splash’n. Singings, twirling, opening, draining Dripping, dryings, extending, flying, Handle’s curved and molded firm. Grips and latches, straps and sleeves Raincoats, ponchos leaves, For on the wall those blossoms wait, To cover their heads as the quickly gate.
9/25/6

Please Be With Me

Date: Wednesday, October 4, 2006 10:24 AM Topic: Please Be With Me
Stand with me and do nothing more. I just need your support. Don’t go to work, don’t do your thing I be on hold for me.
Wait right here and just be quiet I’ll be right back with you. Just hold your thoughts and dreams My time is money and yours expense.
10/4/6

Pizza Should

Date: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:32 AM Topic: Pizza Should
Pizza Should Be
Pizza should be cheesy and easy Meaty and fresh A crust that is not too thick, but not so thin Veggies enough to satisfy But simple tasty hardy carbs. Don’t forget cheap A bargian. A Deal. A no-couplon needed make me want to come back because the food was so good and such a great deal that I’d come back tomorrow kind of pizza.
Thanks what a pizza should be. 11/30/6

Phony Poems

Date: Sunday, November 26, 2006 8:49 PM Topic: Phony Poems
Phony Poems
Rhyming words that do not touch the soul A grown ups’ dancing as a three year old.
Copied form and wrangled lines Garbage cans of lemon rhine
Almost real or deep or power packed Instead their see through croocker sacks
Twisted fluff with no parallels Bunch of trash to line the pales.
11/26/6

On The Page

Date: Friday, January 12, 2007 4:59 AM Topic: On the page
On the page are words and symbols Signs of dreams and worlds afar
On the page are ink and images codes decoded deliberate and incidental
On the page are blanks and spaces defining what is, not, or might become
On the page are marks and drawings of history and her-story, my-story and yours
On the page are possibilities of ideas, alternatives, and shades of grey
On the page are the records of numbers, accounts, and rememberings
On the page are captured moments of life once lived, or alive, or those to be birthed
On the page are precious treasures of the heart, mind, and soul
On the page 021207.0459