HALLOW IS THE EVE

Hallow Is The Eve 

Demon monkeys dance 

ghouls and goblins swing 

pirate princess argh and minuet 

while superheroes 

and master villains 

race for kryptonite 

infinity stones 

and chocolate 

Deep 

and as dark 

as your imagination 

your dreams 

your nightmares 

dare you to go 

or as light 

and as bright 

as your imagination 

your dreams 

your daytime fantasies 

dare you to go 

Go into the dark 

go into the light 

bring back the candy 

bring back the joy 

October 31, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 31

LOVE THE RAIN

Love The Rain 

Every drizzle 

an idea lost 

an almost lover 

a lost job interview 

all the losses 

all the almosts 

drizzle into the mud 

Every drip 

the followed thru and failed idea 

the lover you should’ve left alone 

the dead end job – career ha ha 

all the empty successes 

all you wish you missed 

drip into puddles 

Every drop 

quenches the need 

cleanses the self 

reflects the sun 

reflects the lightning 

liquid diamonds 

love in wetness 

feeds our foundation 

October 30, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 30

LOVE THE NIGHT

Love The Night 

Think it’s easy to hide 

just because there’s no light 

doesn’t mean you aren’t seen 

transparent 

and everything in between 

every lie 

every truth 

every shade 

between 

ugly 

and 

beauty 

all there 

hidden in the open 

darkness

October 29, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 29

HEART MONITOR

Heart Monitor 

The smiles become lines 

the laughter becomes cracks 

every argument 

every embrace 

mistakes 

forgivenesses 

all become wrinkles in love 

steel in the hair 

the bones may be brittle 

the flames gone 

but the embers run deep 

and warm the tissue paper flesh 

of hands still held 

October 28, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 28

LOVE'S ABATTOIR

Love's Abattoir 

Old inhibitions 

baggage 

unlearned habits 

fear 

memories of others 

baggage 

narrow minds 

fear 

comfort zones 

baggage 

inability to accept 

fear 

opinions of others 

baggage 

intrusions of relatives 

fear 

life 

just life 

brings you together 

carrying the baggage 

living the fear 

hearts get slit 

blood gets spilt 

and we fall to the floor 

October 27, 2018

Abattoir: slaughterhouse

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 27

LOVE REMEMBERED

Love Remembered 

The hand that held you up 

isn’t needed 

has grown weak 

The ones who built you a home 

can’t find their way home 

And the knowledge they gave you 

is now an annoying broken record 

When love wrinkles 

around the memory 

crinkles around 

mobility 

thins and hangs 

from the bones of years 

Youth carries the beautiful burden 

of love remembered 

October 26, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 26

SPINS

Spins 

A cup of soup 

a compliment 

letting someone pass 

getting a pass 

the helping hand 

the forgiving heart 

technically it’s not love 

that makes the world 

go around 

but it sure steadies the ride 

October 25, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 25

THE SHAPE OF LOVE

The Shape Of Love 

Love sees 

past the smoke 

and 

smells the fire 

Love sees 

past the salt 

and 

tastes the sweet 

Love sees 

past the silence 

and

hears the laughter 

Love sees 

past our scales 

and 

feels the silk 

October 24, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 24

UNCAGED

Uncaged 

If you love someone 

you don’t have 

to set them free 

because you never 

caged them 

October 23, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 23

NOT SO SIMPLE

Not So Simple 

Simplicity 

carried to 

an extreme 

is elegance 

Simplicity 

in love 

is foolhardy 

October 22, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 22

CLOSING TIME

Closing Time 

Get to color in the morning

but now can’t see the lines

a little nightshade sexuality

and champagne blow jobs

hoping to miss the bar lights up

and not be part of the sidewalk sale

October 21, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 21

CHAOS

Chaos 

Lost in a little chaos 

an abundance of chaos 

the twings 

and twangs 

of a symphony 

not yet finished 

as it is not yet written 

Like dancing in a garden 

at grand Versailles 

before the work is through 

all the hidden beauty 

Until the chaos is complete 

and orchestrated anarchy 

fills the heart 

with crazy love 

October 20, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 20

MERRICK

Merrick 

Turn of a turn of a century 

when midways were common 

and oddities hid behind canvas 

there was a Joseph 

who became John 

whose genetic merit 

brought him from 

sideshow 

to hospital stage 

The man 

thought dumb 

though elephant 

was not an animal 

was caged in body 

but not mind 

He accepted us 

in spite of our freakish cruelty 

we were of him 

His life was short 

his bones stay on 

to mark his being 

and tell his tale 

for even with a broken body 

his love for life was sound 

October 19, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 19

Joseph Merrick

LOVE LOST AND UNFORTUNATELY FOUND

Love Lost And Unfortunately Found 

High school sweethearts 

meet at tenth reunion 

then never again 

One is gone 

the other curious 

reaches out to the offspring 

And the child tells the tale 

of what the lost sweetheart became 

the vanity 

the ego 

the malice 

dying 

vengeful and alone 

A sentimental senior citizen’s 

warm high school memories 

becomes victim 

to the dead’s truth 

October 18, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 18

LOVE LOST AND SEARCHED FOR

Love Lost And Searched For 

High school sweethearts 

meet at tenth reunion 

then never again 

One is gone 

the other curious 

reaching out 

to the offspring 

Should the child tell the truth 

tell the tale 

of the other heart 

that wasn’t so sweet 

Lie to save the half century old memories 

of a sentimental senior citizen 

or tell the truthful tale 

thereby the grace of dumb luck 

your high school love did not take you 

October 17, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 17

LOVE LOST AND FOUND

Love Lost And Found 

High school sweethearts 

meet at tenth reunion 

then never again 

One is gone 

the other curious 

sentimental heart 

reaching out 

finding the path taken 

by the other 

loves had 

loves birthed 

loves lost 

High school memories 

warm senior citizen hearts 

October 16, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 16

FIRST CRUSH

First Crush 

Seven decades back 

on our farms 

skipping school 

sleeping in a meadow 

The early years of our lives 

dancing on dirt roads 

swimming in neighbor’s ponds 

sharing lunches 

Then her family moved away 

and she was gone 

The early years may have taken her name 

but they couldn’t take her 

and the long grass 

our childhood was wrapped in 

October 15, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 15

FIRST LOVE

First Love 

The first remembered 

the first held 

the first slept with 

the first the parents accepted 

They were always there 

as you grew 

they stayed 

beside you 

accepting 

strong 

silent 

Bear, puppy, lion, chimp 

whatever the shape outside 

they were stuffed full inside 

with your childhood 

your innocence 

your first love 

October 14, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 14

Bobo

WATCH THE FLAG YOU LOVE

Watch The Flag You Love 

When reality ceases to hide 

behind white-out 

and love climbs over 

cultural taboos 

the old indoctrinate the young 

and wave the flags of ancient evil 

and their god will damn you 

if you dare to take a knee 

society slides back 

the light dims 

and the watches in the closet 

are no longer safe 

October 13, 2018

OctPoWriPo2018 Day 13

BULLET TALES

Bullet Tales 

Ministry of an old death cult 

letters to the editor 

a jailbird sang their story 

and a narcissist bought the fairy tale 

Upending their life 

abandoning their mate 

lying to their children 

they flew to the other’s cage 

Down past the southern border 

a romance with guards 

a marriage behind bars 

Then with freedom 

came fists 

drunken reality 

and a mad run 

with an infant 

and they did not live happily ever after 

October 12, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 12

CURRENTS

Currents 

Conversation 

magnetic 

ecstatic 

connection 

Distracted 

separated 

contacts not exchanged 

And like an electric zap 

from a broken appliance 

a small 

what-if stain 

appears on your heart 

and a black hole 

of might’ve been 

lurks in your memory 

October 11, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 11

BONED

Boned 

It’s turned cold and rainy 

in my chest 

and poisoned marrow slips down 

into my heart 

A handprint 

on the John Hancock 

A tissue 

tossed through 

the sewer grate 

Used 

and losed 

in someone else’s time 

of love and lies 

October 10, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 10

SLAVES OF THE HEART

Slaves Of The Heart 

They spoke in stereo 

types of codependency 

not often found 

just in mother earth 

but in the notes 

of mentally constipated doctors 

They had everyone high 

on their supposed sympatico 

talking of all natural relationships 

and pine cone rushes 

Cenobites of the Illusion of Unconditional Love 

October 9, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 9

MIRROR LOVE

Mirror Love

Not attractive enough

nor unattractive enough

to turn heads

Passed over

not passed at

and hands

are kept to themselves

#NotMeToo

I look at my reflection

evolution both

personal and cultural

gazes back

the dark lining

begging the broken question

#WhyNotMeToo

and the mirror cracks

October 8, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 8

SCRAPING AND CLICKING

Scraping And Clicking 

Scrape 

scuff 

scribble 

Grinding away 

one idea 

one word 

one direction 

one sentence 

Click 

clink 

clack 

Ticking away 

making it orderly 

making it neat 

making it pretty 

I’ll chip at you 

with my vision 

till you’re my Galatea 

unmoving 

perfect 

my statutory love poem 

October 7, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 7

LOVE'S SOMETHING

Love’s Something 

Are you eating something 

not on my menu 

Are you wearing something 

not my style 

Are you doing something 

against my rules 

Are you thinking something 

against my laws 

I’ll be your everything 

because without 

that something 

you know 

you’re nothing 

October 6, 2018

OctPoWriMo2018 Day 6