58
Yesterday’s hero's
today swept to the dust bin
by waning interest.
Giants of theriomorphic nature
require backbone and
gumption to survive.
Loss by loss
time has the casual effect
of accidental anonymity.
Of what merit fame?
A fickle partner she
comes and goes again
leaving you for an old fishwife
with wind.
Markle~
28February2021
57
Morning becomes morning
becomes morning.
The days roll
into each other. Waiting
for spring.
Did I go to the box
for the mail? It begins
to blur. This
Covid thing. This
ancillary time. This.
Get up. Take the dog out.
Repeat. Take the dog out.
Repeat. Day and day and
day. Wait. Wait. Wait. Wait.
25February2021
Markle~
56
At the risk of taking the Earth’s
magnetic North Pole for granted
he endures her flip flopping back
and forth again on a massive scale
impacting the atmosphere of their
relationship. The evidence, quite
plain in the ice cores and soil
samples of their Sunday morning.
During the ride to church he closes
his eyes to visualize their only
weekly momentary tactile intimacy
hidden with-in the corporate prayer.
He hankers it into longed for quiddity
and settles for that.
24February2021
Markle~
55
Have you ever considered
how you want to be placed
in the casket when you go?
Perhaps you never slept
on your back before. Maybe
you prefer your left side?
Have you spent your entire
life sleeping on your stomach?
Do you toss to and fro?
Have you ever considered
how you want to be placed
in the casket when you go?
Wouldn’t you prefer to be
comfortable for the big sleep?
21February2021
Markle~
54
I was going to use
the word “Plenary”
in a sentence today
but had to look it up
to make sure I had
the complete and
unconditional power
to use it correctly.
Having a broad capacity
such as this to wield wisely
can be a great and
burdensome responsibility.
One which one
should not take lightly.
18February2021
Markle~
53
Your memory
and it’s recovery of
some dead world
that looks so new.
The prickly beards
of tribal kings
and a peeled moon
dreaming profoundly.
Are you eligible for
the Covid vaccine?
You have a Zoom
meeting in 90 minutes.
These might be the last
thoughts that you think.
Markle~
17February2021
52
Cities are sinking under
their own weight.
This is why I live
in the mountains.
In the ice age the ground
they rest upon rose up.
Now, gradual downward
settling of costal surfaces
inundation may give me
beachfront property.
Perhaps a bend
in the lithosphere
will solve everything.
Perhaps not.
Markle~
16February2021
51
What does violescent mean?
How does something
tend towards violet? Seriously?
Did it just up and decide
going that way was cool?
Did it find yellow unattractive?
Uncomplimentary?
But at the end of the day
the real question is:
“Who was Violet Gray?
Why were her appearances
eventually reduced to cameos?
And if roses are red
why wasn’t she Blue?”
15Feburary2021
Markle~
50
We live at the base of
my spiritual mountain
Ononta’kahrhon.
We can see it
from miles around.
From downtown
in the city or
out in the fields.
We have a sense of place.
Near or far
no matter.
Where ever we roam
we look up
and see home.
Markle~
15February2021
49
This just to say
I still want to hold
your hand as we
walk into the years.
Kiss your lips
in the dark
when I climb
into bed. See
your eyes looking
back at me when
I turn my head.
Hold your heart
in mine like
the day we wed.
Markle~
14February2021
48
Three nights in a row.
Dreams like movies
based on book types.
First horror, then murder
mystery. Now science
fiction... Wonder what
tonight will bring?
That was days ago now.
Many several. Sometimes
I do not feel the need
to write down
my thoughts and
I consider that that
is a good thing.
Markle~
12February2021
47
There was a wet log on the fire
when he fell plumb. Then somehow
he rebounded as if leavening his own
transubstantiation by denying nonexistence.
“Well, this is precarious.” she said.
Also: “How can a being negated
ponder what one aches for?”
He was estranged so
he became an apartment.
“That, was a beautiful sunset!
Now write a poem in one word
about a brick head exploding.”
he commanded:
*pop*
04February2021
Markle~
