I decided to title my piece
a concatenation of a few different notions
incorporating fictional romance
alluding to myself and spouse
in conjunction with hybridization
stemming from vague references
to tried and true value
tangentially sparring with Cinderella
but giving the following
free verse poem a slight twist and shout.

Send them to war
‎Watch them die
‎Kill each other
‎Mob their blood
‎Dust off their land
‎Full of treasure
‎Sweep out their ashes
‎Dig their gold
‎Grab their wealth
‎Pretend to care.
‎
‎Wolves in sheep's clothes
‎A wave drowning ship
‎White bitter devil
‎Smile after massacre
‎Laugh as we grunt
‎Tender after death
‎We meditate
‎We're not blind
‎We sleep not die
‎We're cool but deadly
‎
‎It takes just a push
‎Now your're a

As I find myself getting old I often stare
A daily habit that I refuse to share

I begin to review my life from the start
And start thinking about the day I will depart

I review the day that I met the world of my life
And thank the Lord for a most loving wife

I see my children now a bit older too
And recall the delights we have had,a grand review

Now with great grandchildren playing about
Listening to their laughs and words they shout

Is anyone there

Screw it, I’ll

Pack a pocketknife

This world would give

Satan a nightmare

Raincoat covered

With enough dried tears

To fill empty cups

For a thousand years

Open the door

My mind found

A treasure mad

Now it wants to explore

I told him a storm is

About to open it’s eyes

He said he’s not making

another compromise

So, now where surrounded

By winds starting to whistle

I want to express this simply
In terms of knowing
I'm not surprised that presence is a transaction
Of misguided perception
In the eyes of your mother
In the eyes of your god
I'd think of holding you
Somewhere when time has moved on
To prey on missed intentions
That fuse deeply with the heart

I should be at work
I should get out of bed

But it's so heavy

I keep wondering
Why. Am. I. Still. Breathing.

People who commit suicide are not cowards.
They are the brave ones.
Brave enough,to stop being covered by this blanket.

He collected up his rage,
prepared to hurl it at them all.
He never understood it,
why they thought that he was small.

He'd show them what he could do,
tear their hearts out, make them pay.
They'd see he was real evil,
he'd come and ruin their day.

They refused to see his worth,
ignored him at their peril.
They should have looked just once more,
'cause now, he's going feral.

You want to know
What I think of me?
Shut off the sun —
Then you'll have
Front row seats.

Pity's not for sale
At the concession stand
Of tonight’s
Sold-out show.

Just truth.
So real
You’d swear
You were cast in it.

Facing an empty
Room?
That’s normal.
The stage is where
Pain pours
Like fountain soda
At intermission.

The second act begins,
And you forget
The overpriced snacks
You bought.

Earlier this merry month of May
a goniff who possibly did gossip
about his/her surreptitious exploits
when he/she brazenly
accessed ATM machine
situated at 13 West Ridge Street
Lansford Pennsylvania 18232
pulled off outright theft
found him/herself
in possession of debit card
with Mastercard logo
(I deduce mail meant for us -
particularly the missus
got sent to incorrect address)
unknown person took liberty
considered themselves blessed
a golden opportunity

Smokey white mountains,
crisp clear azure streams.
Down from the hills
they flow just like a dream.

Standing so still
upon a precipice!
Looking out over
the wooded countryside.

Nobody knows
just what tommorrow brings.
If you are wise,
you'll contemplate deeply.

Give all your heart,
to see what the future brings.
When you were young
you sang to a different tune.

Societies pain and anguish,
you saw so clearly,
The sorrow of life,
it made no sense to you!