The Cruelty of Liars
falsehoods spoken
lead to anger
truths unspoken
lead to tears
Week 24, Day 166 – “The Cruelty of Liars”
Week 24, Day 165 – “Snow”
Snow
every different snowflake
does its part to cover up
the cruelty of the liars
Week 24, Day 164 – “Automatic”
Automatic
wake, toast and tv
a caffeinated cola
and I’m on my way
Week 24, Day 163 – “TV”
TV
our family tv was a piece of furniture
big console that took up space on the floor
not hooked to the wall with glowing lights
and surround sound
all of us kids would watch together
fighting sometimes over the channel
but we’d decide on something eventually
usually sitcoms or mtv
that was back in the day when both were great
now the tv is flat
background noise
a distraction
to get me through
another day.
Week 24, Day 162 – “Three, Two, One”
Three, Two, One
three day holiday
two more years left in Doha
one thing left to learn
Week 23, Day 161 – “Slowly”
Slowly
it is much too warm
for a chicago winter
dying in the slush
Week 23, Day 160 – “Best of Times”
Best of Times
even in the best of times
i just want to take a nap
cover up with my blanket
turn all daylight into night
and then wake up tomorrow
one more day checked off the list
one closer to vacation
Week 23, Day 159 – “Reading”
Reading
spent today reading
trying to find the meaning
of life, everything
but I came up short
reading just made my head hurt
left with more questions
something different
tomorrow, another day
living instead of
reading about living
Week 23, Day 158 – “Monkey Business”
Monkey Business
god damn smoking monkeys
are going to spread lung cancer
to the rest of the animal kingdom
don’t know what the fuss is
those damn animals deserve what’s coming
and who’s going to miss them anyway.
Week 23, Day 157 – “Uninvited”
Uninvited
the cool cats
party all night
at the cool clubs
and then sleep
all day at work
then do it again
and again.
never inviting me.
it’s just as well,
I don’t want to go anyway.
