Hour Thirteen

Angel, demon

Sinner, saint

Light, dark

Wicked, pure

Day, night

Black, white

Love, hate

War, peace

Heaven, hell

Evil, innocent

Absolutes?

Choice

To do right

for wrong..

being nice

to rude..

Staying happy

not sad..

of walking

or sleeping..

you have to decide

on your own..

to do

is to get..

doing nothing

leaves you the same…

Two worlds diverge

Spanish

Familiar, Understood

Comforting, Soothing, Flowing

Parents, Students, Teachers, Administrators

Learning, Misinterpreting, Growing

Difficult, Irregular

English

Goggles

The cadavers jolted, conducting prose.
Typewriters twisted, screeching, clashing, bound
To crush, to twist, to scream, squall, squeal, and grate
Under moonlight, grinning, sadistic beast.
Crashing: “Ick” and “eck” and “eek”; ’twas sane, thus.
Terrors tremble and cackle and grind grins.
The wretched beasties should be put down to rest.
But death frightens grins happily jittered.
Troves potentially store soiled matter.

First Love

You slipped from memory to remembrance

too slowly to be easy.

I knew it would be that way when we met.

Youth carries it’s risks like a coat

over the arm.

I cannot trace time backwards to

your door anymore.

The trail is cold as a deep river stone.

Sometimes I swim in that river and wonder.

 

The Gender Road Less Traveled

Facing  the choice between a road that was easy and;

A road that was authentic;

And;

Not being able to walk both;

I

Chose the path of authenticity;

Because while difficult at times;

It at least would be;

Interesting,

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