New Poem: EM

 after the scythe cleared away too much staff

 pivoting to Plan B with specious polling

 allowing the worst to return or think about it

 babbling about freedom, giving out wedgies

 just like high school bullies spraying insecurity

 using bandwidth to post pix of guns and diet soda

 saying hey they’re talking about Twitter Bird again

 as the wounded satellite crashes to Earth

 creating a desert where information and connections 

 once united a fragmented world

 before you spent your billions 

 to dent something you’ll never understand 

New Poem: DIDN’T HEAR YOU

 when you insulted me on the high school stairs

 I didn’t reply, hurried to the next class

 of course, I conformed  to the derisive, homophobic laughter of others

 how dare you choose Frank Zappa over Kiss

 don’t you know it’s weird to dye your hair that color

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 but I was shocked by your death from despair

 knew how smart you were

 thought you’d free yourself from our small town

 and find people who would love you without judgments 

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 so sorry for my cowardice 

 my stupid belief that your pain was a contagious virus 

 

 

New Poem: HERE I STILL AM

 so glad to know that I have no problems down there

 the last colonoscopy unearthed small precancerous polyps

 three years and two plus months later, apparently nothing

 I received the color colonic pictures, thought about UNCUT GEMS

 waiting for the doctor’s official all clear letter

 wanting to be here for the next one in five years