Magnetism

Not all strikes are strategically planned.
Some wait, linger, stalk, and
divest the unwary of silky
sadness. You can’t run away.

Not all crash courses are strategically planned.
Was there a warranty? You’ve forgotten,
you can’t recall.
False testimony distorts the evidence.

Not all festivals are strategically planned.
A copy writer decides March sixteenth
is National Artichoke Hearts Day.
Most are fake or see-through.

Not all accidents are strategically planned.
You ankle, placed just so, as you leave
Xib’alb’a and return to cats
scattered across your abdomen.

[RK, 2/2/21]


Householdmecoming
 
MNeatnness counts 
is the lieability.
People tell plaster you
with bumper stickers
when they you walk away
from the mess 
they expect you
to clean up.

[LSS / RK, 2/2/21]

It’s Just Too Much

The taunting voice,
“I told you so.”
You’ve heard it before.

The same voice that
undervalues assurance
and echoes in the well.

The voice you wake with
sleep with, and
fall down with.

[2/2/21]