Capricious Brain

Disconnect
between A and B

no step 2
between 1 and 3

brain lapse
from missing synapse

mental blank
in memory bank

unmoored moment
of bafflement

until found shard
in quarried recall.

American Paradox

What alien folks we walk among
superficial similarities
matching only half-inch deep

ignoble populace
with long-smothered resentments
spewing out in Niagara-like volume

grabbers for sated needs and whims
in sparkly, overstuffed marketplace
while generosity, compassion forgotten.