snacks

MSG and crunch
the salty satisfaction
that cost me my life

courtyard

bird cannon booming
resounding in the distance
grackles perch and laugh

meandering ants
lines without regulation
keep to the shade

human on a bench
typing and grasping for song
essence of Vogon

inadequate breeze
rain shower throws up her hands
she'll finish his work

Dragon*Con

human filled sewers
empty to gilded cesspools
back off, coming through

bullies

roll your eyes and laugh
the world's smallest violin
she's really dying

airport

cursed conveyance
propels you into danger
you won't be held back

frigid

vying for respect
in modesty they've prescribed
what a frigid bitch

obsequious

apologizing
my conscience grows more laden
each time I'm sorry

red flags

surveying her clues
a warning screams inside us
you're deaf to it now

penny

starving in splendor
I need just a cent from you
nothing else will spend

kowtow

back bending in awe
connection precious as breath
pleading for mercy

font

water over stones
ambience in the desert
evaporation
 

checking

check again, reload
circular arrow of hope
updated just now

curiosity

forbidden knowledge
a pale shattered countenance
begs for purgation

enlightenment

azure canopy
untethered roll back the sky
planting verdant fields

through the glass

outside looking in
free to roam anywhere else
prison most cruel

paper

these are very strong
request to double denied
saved by stubborn will

insomnia

nestled in comfort
perfect ambience of night
remembrance still churns

sadie

silken ball of fur
licking the skin off my arm
contentedly purrs

delusion

your little white lies
feed the growing delusion
truth slaps it away
 

rent

payment was rendered
expectations created
no safety therein