what is
wrong
with us

quite a bit
it
appears

universally
offensive

death in a capsule

how
did you get
to be
so insensitive

practice

spent
13 million dollars
on negative
ads
in missouri

huh?

just a drop in
the bucket
just an example
of
a well oiled
machine

she
fought for her
life
lost
won
became a saint

hope you
had
a great weekend

hope you
are
ready
for next week

monday
today
tomorrow
anything
everything

words that make
poems
that’s
all there is

figured
you
would just go on
probably
make
a few movies

showing
us
all
the wonder
and  beauty

the everlasting ephemeral

at the end of
the day
you will not be
shakespeare
will not even be
charles
bukowski or
anne sexton

i know you are there

it all slows down
it just
never got easier

in
retrospect
just wish
i learned
to
play the
piano

be

a member of
the band

any band
that needed a
piano

the great echo
facing the nation
millions displaced
somewhere far away

and
my neighbor moved
her house exploded
drone footage
working 3 or 4 jobs

miss her because
she was always pleasant
and wrote

poems about sex
poems about love
death and infinite
nightmares about sex

our cities will be
safe
unless you are a female
poet with opinions