Winter, Grass still green, Only a dusting of snow, Fews weeks back, Sleds and shovels, Hang on hooks in back of Walmart store, Sad for Frosty sad for snow u $ad for Walmart, In a perfect world, In a perfect state, One with winter would be over soon, This is Iowa my friend, going toContinue reading “Sleepy little town”
Category Archives: Iowan
Alcohol
My dad drank to excess, During WWII,just eighteen, Dad was in Hiroshima,Japan,after the bombing His dad, my grand dad, was in France, The year nineteen seventeen, Paul John Andrew Heike, First Sargent,non com, Medical Corps MOS(grand dad’s job,find and remove comrades from the trenches,alive or dead), Paul was a baby, A Wisconsin boy grew upContinue reading “Alcohol”
Dubuque, Iowa
Super Walmart, Are you more likely to… Buy something for your pleasure, Online or there? In physical store? Nice assortment of vibrators, Penny and I discovered one day, On top shelf, Like Tim the Toolman I want lots of power, I’m less likely to purchase in store, More likely to order most powerful,from comfort ofContinue reading “Dubuque, Iowa”
do you ever wonder?
When fun runs out of friendship will they still talk to you? Insecurity connects us in my lesbian community a friend reminds you of the insecurities you used to have? I believe we’re more alike than we are different, Its been two nights since I’ve talked to my friend in Arizona, I miss her desperately,Continue reading “do you ever wonder?”
Published Poet since 1985
How are you creative? I’m a poet, Tonight at Sister Ruth’s, Sister of choice, In Sun City, Arizonia, Last fall, A question parts her lips , Can You insulate? The landlord evicted her, Gave her six months, Toward fall finding no place to move, Only getting fifteen hundred a month and that’s Ruth’s rent, ThenContinue reading “Published Poet since 1985”
no experience
if a job says high school graduate, no experience necessary, a person must really have to suck, to get notification from Walmart, telling you they have decided to go another way, for a job you have not even applied to, you applied to deliver groceries, you were hired, the app on your phone no oneContinue reading “no experience”
my last Maine Coon kitten
Thomas Chester Heike the 4th, you struggle is you under this world, I did! The cord was wrapped three times around my neck, Life is a struggle coming into the world, Going out! With a cry and a SWAT in the ass you’ve rocked, On the way out you cry baby kittens scream in yourContinue reading “my last Maine Coon kitten”
Books
Property of ones author, Withdrawn, Removed, Nazi tactic, US government and education. Books taken today may never return to libraries, Censored! When will schools get with the program? When will governments understand? Being homosexual is not a choice it is not we do not convert anyone! Being transgendered is not being gay and being gayContinue reading “Books”
fish gots swim Bird’s got to fly
My mom Marian D.Bittinger Heike, Used to sing that song all the time I’m not sure the name but that was one of the lines, Until that fateful night, My baby sister’s 17th year, Late getting home, Drunk is a skunk, Ellen broke Mom’s heart, tell Mom that when she sang, It made her earsContinue reading “fish gots swim Bird’s got to fly”
Christmas Chronicles
One of the best movies with, Goldie hawn’s husband, A Christmas delight, Exciting as Disney perfect, Reindeer and Santa, A brother and sister, Sweet and wonderful as my mother’s homemade oatmeal decorated cut cookies for Christmas, When I have a TV that works instead of ones that stands in the corner because a cat hadContinue reading “Christmas Chronicles”
Val Whitewolf 