Degraze

 

When I have a drink at night,

 

and just a splash at that

 

I prefer to refer to it as

“de-glazing 

an old pot, 

that's worth 

holding on to."

 

 

V

Peaches

 

There was no fruit in the fruit bowl left 

except for a stone someone 

had sucked and chewed on, 

chipped, and abused 

then spit out

...front and center of said bowl,

  and they left

 leaving it otherwise empty…

‘Cept for that pit.

Such a crass, crude, and thoughtless act,

bearing no fruit whatsoever… 

the crime before the fall

pits and all.

 

 

V

naked girl with pup

 

 

 

 

 

 

V

 

DISTILL

 

A written distillery

Spilling verbage

& well-aged adages…

in small doses

 drip, drip, drip,

through crystalline tubing

drip, drip…

captured by petite cordial vessels.

…drip

Then they are aged for ages

which ages the most steadfast soul.

 As it’s a weighty wait…

but in due time,

It is time.

Turn that tiny spigot

,,,careful now

just a shot will do

but a spill …???

Will do you in.

 

Whoa is you.

                 

 

                 

 V

crash

 

 

Just another band that lost its voice. Blunted by the repetition and intrusive recognition, stunted by the exposure, over and over, it was the backlash that lasted, and led to their crash.

 

V

 

 

 

The Later

 It didn’t really matter, 

the chatter about the ladder, 

because Augie had gotten fatter 

and there was no way 

he was roof-bound 

as round as he had become. 

But dumb luck intervened 

and Augie, would see himself 

up to the challenge. 

But as the rickety ladder, 

creaking with spite, 

and as he climbed 

it didn't matter

but its protests went unheeded, 

and gravity wasn’t cheated 

as he reached the pinnacle, 

he realized 

"something wasn’t right..." 

just as the ladder shattered.

And yet, ironically Profound: 

Rotund men are right to try.

 

V

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Blunder

 

Evan knew it was inevitable. 

His marriage splintered 

like a foregone conclusion 

gone asunder, 

as he blamed himself 

and not the other, 

it was too much to ponder, 

his fault, 

his blunder, 

so he packed up his things 

and moved yonder, 

leaving those left behind 

to question and wonder.

 

V