Category Archives: Poetry

Sparrows

Sparrows

A breath of air kisses my cheek
as a mating pair of birds
careen past my face
in a wild dance of procreation.
A frenzy of excitement is left in their wake
reigniting old feelings of my youth
chasing my share of females in heat
or looking for something longer lasting
with a young man’s wandering heart.

2-04

So, You’re One of the Chosen

Go with your God into rapture
Leaving us heathen behind
With the mess you’ve created.

Remove all of the forests
Then pave the land
And put up a civilization
In the name of your God.
Suck the very life juices out of earth
Then simply disappear
into the lap of your belief
when the rapture comes
and from all who seem to know
The time is close.

What if the end is created by greed
And yes, your God is a greedy one
Who rules with an iron fist
Kills the unrighteous
To purge the earth of non-believers.

The crusades did it
Hitler did it twice
Why can’t you do it now?
The end is almost here anyhow.

Dec 03

The perfect café

The way you dress
and hold your head
make you the perfect person
in the perfect café.

When you smile, I feel weak
and stumbled with words
I’d never before considered
on that perfect night
in the perfect café

I held your hand
for a fleeting moment
looked into your eyes
during the perfect moment
in the perfect café.

You walked in and out
of my life so fast
and left me standing
alone in this perfect café.

You left this glove
the smell of cologne
a perfect memory
in one perfect moment
at the perfect café.

I’ve come back for years
expecting your return.
No one steps through
the perfect door
sits on that perfect chair
at the perfect café.

I sent you a letter
in the perfect envelope
with a perfect stamp and
you returned it today
to the perfect café
Nov 99