Boys like trucks
and snails, snakes, dirt
and such

They like mud
between their
toes
And stand up peeing
with no clothes

Boys like trucks

They like drinking beer,
farting and such

Boys like trucks

I think you can
fill in the blanks
why you love them
so much

Boys and trucks

The raisins are not hiding
They have  merely left the house
If there are other people living here
You can or cannot say where is”X”
and where have you hidden
“X” today

The raisins are not hiding
They have left the house

Can we perhaps pick another fruit
tomorrow
to say
is missing
like we
did today

Can you remind me of the date

It is not that don’t remember it
It is just that I forgot

It is just another way of  putting it
Maybe it is  today and maybe it is not

Can you remind me of your name
It is not that don’t know you
It is just that I forgot

It is just another way of putting it
A name does go with a face
But if you can tell me quickly
I won’t have to look confused and out of place

Can you remind me…..

Oh nevermind
Nevermind is just another way
of saying “forget it”

Which seems that is
exactly what I have
done

I think my warranty is running out

I am getting old without a  doubt

What did you say?
My ears are far
My eyes are near
I can barely hear
What you are saying dear

Oh read your lips
Oh that’s too cute
Come a little closer
And I’ll give you a little kiss

I have bruises on my elbow

I cannot remember how they

got there

there are times

the things

I cannot find

(not my husband…mind you)

Like clothes and underwear

There are some folks

who live to 100

and they are smiling

on the news

but journalists

and salesmen always lie

They just want to sell

Whatever

whatever it is.

I am thinking

I was thinking
that it does not mean alot
If what I was thinking is
gone so quickly from
one room to the next

What was I thinking ?
I think that I forgot

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I got up in the middle of the night
because I wanted to listen
to the wind
to grasp the quiet of the night
and bring it to fill the silence
from within
I got up because
I wanted to listen
to the waves
I wanted to travel and unravel
the things that happened
during my day
and then think
or not
why sometimes
it is just that way

it just is

 

Our Mother never said NO!
Not even maybe or
I told you so
I could go on down the list
but I don’t think
there is any variation of NO
that I have missed
No finger wagging poking or jabbing
Our Mother never did say NO!
I never heard say “Don’t do that today”
Because our mother NEVER said NO!
Or at least I don’t think so
My brother would have NEVER put
corn in his ears or raisins in my nose
(Oh off to the ENT doctor we go)
Our mother just never ever said NO!

Or maybe I just didn’t hear her
But I just don’t think so

She was probably just having just
too much fun to say NO!

And then we would have had to sit
in the corner for the rest of our lives.

Lyrical
Satrical
Rolling down hills
Bumping into walls
Hanging off window sills
Tumbling
Bumbling
Shaking it off
Taking a deeep breath
when I appear to be lost

Saying “Harumph”
when I don’t like to talk
Having lunch by myself
when I want
Sleeping in late
or not
Forgetting to lock the door
when I should
but I don’t

Finishing this poem is hard

so I won’t