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Things we built because we could,Because we thought, why not, it’s good!Consructed them upon a dareTo bring us joy and show us whereThe future lies, though we can’t seeWhat will happen to you and me,Our children live and will attest,How things we built betrayed or blessed.

Take me back to the Covid DaysWhen we understood our worth,When heroes did for heroesAnd we tiptoed on the earth. The robins had the answersThat our iPhones couldn’t code,As Spring burst forth with loud acclaimThrough quiet streets we rode. Like Plymouth Rock or JamestownWe measured out provisions,And did our best to bridge the humanDarkness ofContinue reading “Take Me Back”

For those who slander time and I am one,The needs you seek are ever out of view,Your happiness lies fallow in the sun,While hours hurry down the avenue. Time doesn’t care the way you wear your hat,Nor seek to find out who your lover is,Give it weight and weighty goes to bat,And everydays just vanishContinue reading “For Those Who Slander Time”

Take a little piece of deathEverywhere you ride.It makes the journey much more real,Can be a point of pride. Yes, that’s my death, remember I am mortal so are you.Delight in this conundrumIn everything you do. When you ride the roller coasterAnd take heart-pumping breaths,Hold tightly in your pocketTo your little piece of death. ItContinue reading “A Little Piece of Death”

     Illustration: Khorshed Dubash There was an old womanWho lived in a shoe,Her social securityHadn’t come through.The government told herIt had no more bread,She whipped them all soundlyAnd sent them to bed.   The House That We Built These are the citizens all forlorn,Who heard politicians tooting their horns,And judged the celebrity with theirContinue reading “Old Woman Lived in a Shoe”

Barry, Barry quite contrary, Diagnoses grow With MRIs and IV ties And little docs all in a row. Second-guessing God’s design, Disregarding fact, It’s a surprise to no one You’re a hypochondriac. When will meds behave themselves, Do just what you tell, Instead of just make money for the Pharmaceuticals. When you search outside yourselfContinue reading “Barry, Barry Quite Contrary”

Where’s this train going?Purgatelle.A place that you knowOh so well. You’ve boarded this train carSo many times,But never quite rode toThe end of the line. ‘Cause life is teeming On so many tracksAnd you’ve got no timeFor looking back. But rear views the best viewsFor seeing blind,This time gonna rideTo the end of the line.  SeaContinue reading “Train Ride”

The grass is never greenerYour waters are below. How much do you really want to change? What self do you know? Your obstacles aren’t hereabout Because the world is bad, They’re here to teach you how to grow, To be your launching pad. That’s their purpose, though it seems Quite different sometimes, They seem toContinue reading “First Change Yourself”

I brought up the sun today,From its dark place smoky gray,Walked into the hellish pitAnd brought her out despite of it. Now we walk the emerald green,Nothing standing in between,Hand in hand we seek life outTo understand what it’s about. I brought up the moon tonightChallenged her to find her lightFlew right out my windowContinue reading “I Brought Up the Sun”