super short poems

These are some of the poems/thoughts that I have decided to share from 2020. Copied from my poetry notebook (Moleskine). I hope you enjoy.

2020 01 31 ...in your sleep ((goodbye my friend))

sleep

sleep

sleep

in god entrust sleep

your soul to keep

sleep

sleep

sleep

your life has ended well

your sins you'll reap

sleep

sleep

sleep

lay down gently my

gone with nary a peep

sleep

sleep

sleep

what death ended friend

now joined together

an eternal

sleep

2020 02 15 Pretty ((about a girl in a pub))

I sit and stare.

Approach - I wouldn't dare!

Why would you care?

So young and radient...

And me here losing my hair.

2020 02 05 ... work it, baby! ((thoughts at work today))

My keyboard is like a

treadmill -

A shadow of reality

of pen & paper.

Go further - going nowhere.

Go faster on a timer;

no sun,

no rain,

no breeze,

just my fan,

just a tease.

Grunt, grunt, clash, bang!

We all, under camera,

mimic nature -

looking through

a window!

I sit and sweat on my faux bike.

Wifi driven.

YouTube & ebook;

am I fake?

Writing poetry by pen (fountain)

Is not working.

The gym is not my job.

What am I doing?

Pretending.

Do you Excel?

I lift, bro.

See my happy

spreadsheet.

2020 02 05 Greenhouses ((going to the greenhouse))

Greenhouses are fake,

or, ultra real?

I don't know how,

these plants feel.

Do they care,

about fresh air?

I don't care - I want,

their fruit!

Labours long,

all year round.

In the earth,

deeply root.

Bringing to life,

living ground.

I'm hungry,

can I snack,

on a pear?

2020 02 05 SHORT! ((I'm taller than you))

Even on a chair

you're still short

If you were taller -

still not taller!

2020 02 19 JUST A COLD ((start of the pandemic))

It's not a mold.

A man cold.

Though I am a man.

This cough and sniffle,

Won't stop me getting old!

I can go to work,

I can go to gym,

I can do all of them!

BOLD!

Medication for sinuses.

Drugs for my chest,

Vitamins to help;

My bodies revold!

Minor indignities,

Aging infirmities,

Coworkers complain,

But I feel little pain.

CALM DOWN.

It's just a mold.

2020 04 14 Public Policy ((thoughts on some recent policy))

I'm so mad - your rules are dumb!

Cross contamination is serious!

Who made your rules, I'm curious?

Cloaked in tragic authority,

Rules so spurious.

I'm under your thumb.

2020 05 08 Girls ((and by girls I mean WOMEN))

I like cute girls who work at Starbucks

I like cute girls at Starbucks

I like cute girls

I like girls

GIRLS!

2020 05 11 at least... ((grateful))

At least I have

So many things;

I have a house

I have a car

I have a job

that's not too far!

I have water

I have food

I have clothes

so I'm not nude!

And best of all

I have you,

Too!

2020 02 05 Is it real? ((phase 2?))

The trumpets sound.

The bells ring.

The telly said;

quarantine lifting!

The plans are made.

The orders are laid.

And, at the last minute;

we're suddenly betrayed!

Calgary and Brooks -

Taken for mooks!

This news was fake.

2020 10 08 WHAT?! ((thoughts about dementia))

I cannot say....

I can't recall....

That doesn't sound like me, at all!

Your doubts will weigh,

Your faith may fall,

Death, I beg, before I lose it all!

I was, one day.

I don't feel tall.

I don't want to hurt you all!

You pray. You call.

I don't deserve you all!

I pay, I stall... Null all!