Absence

at approximately
a painfully early o'clock in the morning
give or take an o'clock
...

since being a student in grade, junior and high school
analogous to geometry proof how lack of use...

("Thus always I cause the death of tyrants.”)
the purported line Brutus uttered
after...

Though negligible communication
now transpires between us
twenty seven years ago
come...

Location: Gobbler's Knob in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. First held on February 2, 1887 prognosticating how...

Theo and the Giant Mango

In the shadow of a sprawling city,

Theo stands,

a...

if your name is melancholy,
the scant tidbits I know of French.

perfect cold day to down...

No matter I kept fingers and toes crossed,
and waited with bated breath since January 2, 2025...

Aforementioned event interestingly enough
coincides with Martin Luther King Junior day.

The...

while channeling the energy of Google
exemplified by cute and cuddly moogle.

I awoke from...

Please rescue us from this godforsaken place
veritable hellscape, where angels fear ingress....

as jagged bolts of lightning
tore thru the the midnight clear
and figuratively ripped the sky...

a blizzard of blinding demoniacal
highly radioactive fueled banshees
(analogous to a...

Hey Dad xxxxxx

Hey Dad,
it’s me.
Been nearly 14 years,
But the pain cuts deep...

finds me (a doggone muttering Homo sapien)
to give pause for reminiscences
and to take stock...

whenever I needed to append the date to a document

Though the situation infrequently arose
...

What does true love mean
it means everything to me
putting your fears to one side
...