Gifted
My box of Motown
long playing
vinyl albums
was gifted
black gold.
Forget Birthday Cake
All the ghosts
that haunted my
64th birthday
this August
made perfect
sense. Piling on
to be continued,
no mercy in sight.
Pain Management
When you spend
your adult life
digging
for the truth
government
hides in the open,
you may end up
with dirt
under your finger
nails–
blisters
on your hands,
degenerative
arthritic discs,
the impromptu
quivering heart,
red, white, and blue
bonuses.
Not Waving or Drowning, Still on Land Smiling
When the young lady with the very pretty face and equally attractive cleavage
ringing up the shaky old man’s groceries at Anthony’s corner Bodega told him
the way he was looking at her made her uncomfortable, He said, “Please excuse
me; I just remembered the precise moment I became aware of having erections:
it was in Mrs Ferrugio’s fourth grade class, with addition up on the board; and I, I,
find how you do not need a scanner to add up my things wonderfully impressive.”
,
Peace,
Andrés