My friend Penny is homeless, Works all night long seven nights in a row, Mercy One Waterloo, Gets off at 3 am, This summer gave a young mother a kitten, Humans a louser, Her boyfriend left his wife for her, Neither are working, Young woman uses Penny as a sponge to wring out what sheContinue reading “Oelwein Iowa White Trash”
Category Archives: poet
Milk
Am I really getting older, Took my laptop today to the library , Had to get two labels one fir New York and one for Utah, So I sent two to three additional books per box, I eat that cost, Life isn’t about money it’s about smiles and surprise, I think anyway, More money wouldContinue reading “Milk”
Two
Two below in northern Iowa, A dear friend I ends getting ready to move to Saint Paul, Instead of dread she wished her mother in law would die, She acted like she’d love nothing else, Laura was one hundred and three survived Covid and was returned to the nursing home with the highest mortality rate.Continue reading “Two”
Games on FaceBook
During elections all you get it one candidate smearing another with lies, Then you pick nasty or nasty, Now the repeating commercial is FaceBook games, They give you a choice but still direct you to upset ING or deleting, Last night I tried to play a game I use to enjoy, It absolutely did nothing,Continue reading “Games on FaceBook”
A friend’s husband
Loves on Nottenham England, Sometimes its nit just babies that speak silly thoughts, Christopher said Jesus should gave stayed a carpenter, Jesus was never a carpenter, And Judy’s did not betray Jesus?, Both men fulfilled their destiny’s,
Mr.Boots Martin
Seventeen year old kitty, Smart as the day in long, Loves to sit above my head, Hates others there, Will sit on my lap, Convince others it’s a great lap, Then Honey who is sweeter before she spent two weeks lost in Cedar Rapids Iowa still I think should never be given away, Honey sauntersContinue reading “Mr.Boots Martin”
Amish driver
Last night on a snow-covered road, A fifteen passenger van rolled to a stop, No seat belts or children seats, Young wife and mother thrown out of the vehicle, Three children forever gone, Gone their smiles, Gone their wonder, Gone there love of writing, Small Amish children love getting books, Most books, I found inContinue reading “Amish driver”
Just asked vacuuming done?
Sad when someone who has not vacuumed in years asks that question, Haven’t had a vaccuum in sometime, Other chores come first, Git to move a tarp from door to bed, Bed to door, Do kitty boxes, then, Then start vacuuming, Then eat, And do some more, My friend nearly seventy-five, Will eat then watchContinue reading “Just asked vacuuming done?”
Snow on the roof
Snow on the roof not dead, Sad humanity today still values humanity less with Grey hair, Americans, I would hope in other locations our worth is not under valued, No one has the right to demean another being. Snow on top or not, I find it hard to see green haired women, I feel theContinue reading “Snow on the roof”
Ribbon
Not ticker tape, Just a plan ribbon, Our life line, Un viewable, Purpose keeps us tethered to our life force, Little cats keep me here , Books keep me here, Just a few humans keep me, My family should but they blew that years ago with lies, Surrounded by kitties they need me, This meloncholyContinue reading “Ribbon”