on getting old

"My Mate JesusOn a blue lined white sheet Of paper on which was written“Jesus is masculine OK.”Yes, I agree he used to jog Around Bethlehem and swam Daily in the towns only pool.At night he liked to go..."

"Caribbean Re-remembered.replicaOn the plateau of AlentejoThe sky is princely blue.        In a dried up lake fish areGrey and stones are whiteAnd around its bank yellowStraw rustles in a zephyr,That ..."

"A Few ThoughtsWe only take a comedianserious when we laugh.Dust is us …Atomized.So think beforeYou mopBone rattling stupiditydestroying an infrastructure,in Afghanistan, that doesn’t exist.A superpowe..."

"A Loss is Forever Mine to Keep My older brother was a healthy looking fellow always ready to joke and play, when he lay dead on a slab in the morgue he looked like a third rate actor too tanned to b..."

"The WinglessWhen hate from hellstruck the twin towers,desperate people offwindows jumped, hands grasping trying to hold on to air.Up from the streetarose a cruel asphalt lake and wingless mandescend i..."

"Moonlight and Cat Songs.Last night the moon was fullJames, the cat and I sat on the roof he looked for micethat, lives under the tiles while I was spellbound bythe power of Luna’s light.Got up I did t..."