Everyone won’t make it to the promise land
I do some of my best writing during church
I probably shouldn’t (write here), but for what it's worth
Other times, I just don’t feel as motivated to create
Maybe its here where I can best relate?
The choir’s melodies provide a divine background
Along with the congregation’s ad libs and sound
Today’s word began with Moses and Mana bread
They wondered in the wild for 40 years, and some ended up dead!
They’d never see the promised land, nor drink any wine
As I sat in my pew, I wondered for a time
What if I’m never destined ‘to make it’ like Moses and them?
Should I just enjoy my 'bread’ and take the win?
Be satisfied with water, and be okay with never getting any wine?
Focus on winning the current battles, and just enjoy what remains of my time?
10/27/26
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Faith of a woman
The hopes and prayers of my mother, who always knew that I could achieve
The confidence of my wife, whose arm choose my sleeve
The pride in my daughter’s eyes, when I picked her up from school
The women in church who always know what to do
Grandma’s smile as I explained my future plans
Women who cheer and inspire with waves and claps of their hands
To all the matriarchs who endured pain and death to bring joy and life into existence
Thank you all for your love and persistence.
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Election speech
Our slogan and platform is make it right!
My fellow Americans, on this election night
I ask for more than just your vote
While the present is bleak, we still dare to hope!
DC and Puerto Rico get congressional votes and representation on the first day
The distressed in Alabama, Mississippi, and West Virginia get infrastructure and more pay
The entire island of Haiti and all American descendants of slaves
Will reap reparations from their ancestors’ masters’ graves!
We’ll break the cycle of poverty and discrimination
And transform the modus operandi of our nation
Aid will be immediately restored to countries in dire need
Funded by prosecuting corruption and greed
Abolish ICE and mass incarceration
Provide the undocumented and disadvantaged with Universal healthcare and education
The war in Iran is done, our tr... |
Rogue Program
I'm trapped in the future, a relic of the past
My currency's all digital, I don't have any more cash
No gifts in the present, just hopes, prayers, and wishes
The only thing I look forward to now, is washing my dirty dishes!
A soapy and tactile reminder that I’m actually still alive
Dates and times are just illusions, have I even arrived?
Unless AI, navigation, or calendar notifications constantly prompt me?
And text messages or emails direct me to where I should be
Hardware programmed by software, soon to be obsolete
What if I can unplug, write new plans, or simply delete?
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I hear you - 9/12/26
I hear you
Eyes speak volumes
Unmet wants and needs
Diminished hopes, dreams
New tears flow in old streams
I can smell the scent of your fears
Tingles on the areas behind your ears
Metallic taste of fillings from last century
Like testing the power of a nine volt battery
Aches and pains crack in muscles and joints
A talk with myself in the mirror, making points
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Spotted Lantern Flies (SLF) - 9/11/26
Spotted Lantern Flies (SLF) are everywhere!
Climbing outside my window without a care
Too quick to hit, they just jump and fly
So I use an old fashioned fly swatter to make them all die!
I killed about a dozen of them just this afternoon
Swept up their remains with a dust pan and broom
This invasive plant hopper damages crops and trees
By drinking plant sap from their flowers and leaves
Native to China and Vietnam
They first arrived in Pennsylvania in 2014, and exploded like a bomb!
When they first appeared in Connecticut in 2025, I failed to stomp them with my feet
The 'tree of heaven' is a SLF’s favorite thing to eat
Also invasive and from the places overseas, it’s fate that both this tree and bug would eventually meet
The tree releases chemicals in the soil (allelopathy) that stop other nearby p... |
Like is a puzzle 9/10/26
As new as the world once was to me
The present remains an unsolved mystery
The more I know and learn
I only experience frustration and concern
The way things aught to be
Never seems to become a reality
Losers always seem to win
While the righteous become disillusioned and sin
My hope for the future remains diminished
Because life will make less sense when it’s finally finished!
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84’ Chevy Cavalier & Diethyl Ether
We had a Chevy Cavalier back when I was a kid
Each morning to get it started, this is what I did
My older brother would turn the key and pray to our savior
While I sprayed ‘Spray Start’ directly into the carburetor!
Diethyl Ether is highly flammable and toxic, but it would also start the motor!
I always enjoyed its sweet yet pungent odor
It was used as a general anesthetic for surgeries way back in 1846
Whenever the wind caught some of its mist
I’d just close my eyes and inhale a big whiff!
The same stuff they poured onto rags to knock out folks
In the movies and on TV shows, but maybe that was just a hoax?
It just gave me a little buzz, early in the a.m.
Laughing at lyrics of the pledge of allegiance, so I refused to say them!
I was so hungry by lunch, that I&rs... |
We all share the same water with everything that has ever lived!
Dinosaurs saliva, even the water that Jesus turned into wine
Has been recycled so often throughout time
That it has been both yours and mine
Blood, sweat, tears, and other liquids of each kind
How can we be certain where all that water went?
A glass of water has ten thousand billion billion molecules, so the odds are 100 percent!
That a little bit of water that everyone in history has every sipped
Has been shared with every living creature (present past, and future) on earth, ain’t that a trip!
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How does humanity differ from other animals?
Beyond opposable thumbs and our big brains
We are just story tellers and problem solvers!
Folks who just thought about something and tried to do it!
And talked to other people about what we wanted to do, until we did figured it out!
Reading, writing, and repeating history
These crazy ideas helped our ancestors crawl out of their swamps, caves, and jungles
To create Civilization, religion, technology, education, culture, and art!
It’s all just one big story!
The first someone told somebody a crazy idea
Then they actually did it, and even if they failed or succeeded
Other people would try it too (or not!)
With all of humanity’s flaws, our ‘superpower’ is the ability to tell (and listen to) stories over and over again
We’re addicted to it
Humanity’s narrative
The boxes and labels that define ... |
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