Teleological

Science
really sticks to the baser questions
about how the world works
sure it tells us much
and teaches more
but it will always fail
to tell us why...

Lego Time

The banging has stopped

the children have gone to bed

now it's time

adult time

we have a lego viking castke to finish

and kids just get in the way.

Urban Touring

Happy day!
the snows have come
I couldn't wait till finals done
and so I played to school and back
and "how" you ask did I have fun?
Let's say I test with ski boots on!

Sparkles

Turns out
when it drops below zero
you see little sparkles
all around.

Some might say
that it is the water from the air
freezing
and flitting about.

Turns out
it can also be
your contacts
freezing to your eye.

Final

Come inside
you freezing notes
tidbits of info
cold
all scattered
where the winds of confusion blow.

Come where it's warm
inside my head
where you can snuggle
and I can see
what you all look like
together.

White as Snow

I wake
the earth is white
a pure solemness
falling in tiny flakes
clean.

But then I remember
after the melt in Colorado
when we would find
all our dirty toys
and secrets
out on the front yard
for all to see.

Snow doesn't purify
it just covers up.

California Dreams

She stopped
like a bug in molasses
moving
but not forward
"What is it?"
"This is my first time seeing snowfall"
California dreams
Don't hold a candle
to powder.

Veterans

I choke when I hear
the bodies thrown
to the hungry jaws of war
always chewing
without a stomach
just a tube
that feeds them right back in again
Uniforms get all mixed together
in that blender
buttons come off
and Velcro names
get jumbled together
like magnetic letters on a fridge.

Right or wrong
its hell
and call me naive
but that's the way I feel.

Blagojevich

Back to work!
The governor said
a day after arrest.

I did not try
to sell the seat
to who would pay the best!

I don't believe
nor do my peers
that you are free of blame

we have the tapes
we've heard you words
you need to leave in shame

It may just prove
that I am wrong
in asking you to stand

But know today
you're not at work
to help your fellow man.

Light

Oh light-
you bounce
bend
refract
and absorb.

Some say God is light.

Ok, what's His wavelength?

Stupid Things

Saying stupid things-
You would think
that you would grow out of it
Just wake up
with a tongue of intellect
that saw the future
and the past
One day
I hope for that
I really do.

Lamplight

I hold my lamp
a feeble flame
but it works for now.

House

As I build my life

sometimes I come across a piece

that doesn't fit anywhere

so I put it in my back pocket

and continue to build

until I can see where it goes.

Guitar Man

I went to a concert last night
wispy fingers scratched chords
through a duct tape guitar
and an harmonica held up
by a lashed piece of bamboo.

Close your eyes
he sounds like many
then you can hear
the faint melody
pulsing like a flickering memory.

Routine

So much to do this day
yet first I write a verse
because I have to
I wish I could say
it was a release
to transcend mediocrity
the daily grind
the demands of living.

But its not
I do it...
because I said I would.

Gollum on Hobbits

Hobbits are terrible, nasty things
they must always be avoided
they will steal what is most precious to you
and dangle it, keeping you captive
by a promise you made to what you love
they will deceive, bind, hit
and throw you to your death
relieving their curse
and returning yours
at the same time.

Yes,
Hobbits are wicked things.

Fading

Some people live
lives half empty
dead eyes
striving for vapors
and reaching for dust.

Not that I'm any better

Little Bottle

A little bottle

of sparkling cider

sits on my desk.

It's empty now.