What Am I Doing?

by | Feb 10, 2017 | Poetry

What Am I Doing? I hung up the phone His little voice still ringing in my ear “I love you, Dad.” And I want to scream Why am I here? What am I doing? I found the VCR tape today Of when he and I went to the canal To see all the tadpoles And baby frogs Just...

Unfiltered Pall Mall and a Can of Schlitz

by | Feb 10, 2017 | Poetry

Unfiltered Pall Mall and a Can of Schlitz “Come on in” he said,“but pardon the smellof smoke and cigarettes.We try to air it out but the smellwon’t go away”.I told him it didn’t matterthat I was immuneafter a childhood and many...

I Lost the Damn Remote

by | Feb 10, 2017 | Poetry

I Lost the Damn Remote Funnyhow easy it is to just sitand watch whatever comes on.You watch whatever happenswhen you lose the remote.Shows become betteror maybe it’s more likenot being worth the effortit takes to get up and change them.Just when you think it...

Another Dream

by | Feb 10, 2017 | Poetry

                        Another Dream Another fall, another day of watching golden leaves and feeling cool breezes. Another day, in a far away place away from all the things once important. Another dream, or...

I Just Stood Outside the Door and Cried*

by | Feb 10, 2017 | Poetry

I Just Stood Outside the Door and Cried* It has hard to say goodbye.Even when the end comes with such a warningand time to adjust,time to spend saying good-bye. When they had done all they couldshe wanted to just come home.She’d known long agohow small time had...

Eight Note Time Machine

by | Feb 10, 2017 | Poetry

     Eight Note Time Machine Isn’t it stupid that it only took eight notes of a song long unheard to squeeze my chest as unseen hands tightened around my neck. Suddenly the world was a blur and my sight unclear. The damn words hadn’t even...