Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Fellow Songster

At dawn's starting light
a robin begins his day
assertively vocalizing

happy for his daily stage
improvising few-note tunes
never for applause

lacking operatic timbre
exults in solo status
in suburban garden

mentors in many ways
merrily chirping verses
not always in perfect pitch

bolsters my resolve
to compose the poetry
singing loudly in my soul

soon my fellow songster
will fly away from winter
while I must keep rehearsing.



Panic Time

The sky is falling fast
cascading stocks and credit swaps
lost value with every splatter

time to run to imagined hills
with alchemized accounts
and mattress-ripened money

or.....to stick around and see
if we manage not to slip
on this global banana peel

my tactical, strategic plan
to relax, savor hoarded cache
of chocolate bars and fine champagne.

Ego and Existence

Insignificant transients are we
hitching rides on Terrestrial Earth

blindly exploring the interstices
of our Cosmic Triviality

dodging obstacles, catastrophes
among competing Random Forces

juggling seductive wrongs with right
in this vast Imagined Ethos

chasing extravagant, gilt-edged dreams
before collision with Indifferent Death.