Expedite

Failure can thwart
Even the strong
Time is short
Don’t take long.

Fast Eddy

They called him Fast Eddy
Because he was so quick
His opponent had no time
To chalk up a stick

He'd hammer the break
And then make a run
Then grunt, “Rack ‘em up.”
When he was all done.

Slugger

If you may
Then you might
So you say?
Well, not quite.
Every day
Worth the fight!

Never Enough

The days go so fast
That several have passed
Since I last posted again
Good thing this blog
Allows me to log
On when I choose from my pen
I'm lagging a bit
But I’ll never quit
Despite knowing how to say when.

Demurrage

The clamor of an early train
Clatters in my waking brain
Then magic mingles with mundane

I see a mighty armored beast
That lopes along from west to east
(my dogs aren’t bothered in the least)

It’s quickly gone, ignoring me
(another derailed fantasy)
The fee for whimsicality.

Da Feet

Were the mop tops
Just more psy-ops?
I don’t really know
But hearing them my toe
Taps and never stops—
Well played my foe.

Money's Worth

The haughty think piles of money
Will make everything just fine
But when you give milkers the honey
They thirst for blood like wine

If only we all could acknowledge
That handouts are simply a lie—
Is that the big lesson in college
To patronize people you buy?

Mostly

How many of me
Could there be?
Well theoretically
More than three
And hopefully
The majority
Will only be
The best of me.

Reminiscent

Remember wandering streets at night
Loopy from hormones and lust
And wondering if you were bound for delight
Or just another bust?

Or standing there atop a hill
That overlooked your town
In search of one amazing thrill
Before it dragged you down

Can you even recall the way you felt
When you weren’t forced to bear
The disappointments you were dealt?
Just leave it all back there!

Surfaced

Sorry but I went away
There wasn’t all that much to say
But now I’m back, so lucky you
Some more nonsense for skimming through.

401k or *@#k

Give a shit, you’re killed.
Don’t? You’re black-pilled
Sometimes it’s suicide to show them you are skilled

Excellence is banned
Creativity gets canned
Those latter years don’t seem to be as cushy as you planned.

Lament

He walked through the nicotine haze
Of she who could never quite cope
His eyes had the permanent glaze
Of one barely maintaining hope

Approaching the gateway he paused
Reluctant to enter the den
Where venomous vitriol caused
A partially poisonous pen

Domestic defaults are a curse
When music keeps calling the tune
Of course things could always be worse
A song they might sing very soon.

Blown Over

I can feel the encroachment of sin
As dark as the clouds rolling in
Attempting to block out the light
Reducing the depth of my sight
But I shake my head and just grin
Determined to only do right.

Spoiling

The apple tree didn’t bloom this year
Perhaps the problem is rooted in fear
Of being ravaged once again
By those incapable of saying when

Creating dependents behooves the state
They go along with any mandate
But once they feel they deserve more
The rottenness goes right down to the core.

Prepping

So you say you want to learn
How to multitask?
Become a cook and you’ll discern
How much of yourself you can ask.