MERLE TURNIPSEED Old man Merle Turnipseed Lived on a farm infested with stinkweed. All of his neighbors heartily agreed Merle Turnipseed was strange indeed. His teeth were green, And his teeth were few, His breath smelled like monkeys From eating stinkweed stew. Merle...
GOD IS People say that God is dead, But what if people Are instead? His Teaching holds truth eternal, While humankind swings from Good to, well — infernal. His Sacrifice is love perfected, While our works are flawed And selfishly directed. His Rule embodies justice...
THE UNCONNECTED Forsaking  my shiny lodestone For a prehistoric flip phone, I eventually broke the spell, But cannot say that all is well. I write paper checks whenever I pay, And it’s driving most of my creditors away … I wanted to be present a hundred...
I WANT MY MONEY BACK Out seventy bucks for a steak at the track, It wasn’t a meal; it was barely a snack. Hey waiter, I want my money back. They sold me drugs to sandblast my plaque, Wound up in the ICU with a heart attack. Hey doctor, I want my money back. I...
MR. HUGHES When I was a boy, four or five, Mr. and Mrs. Hughes lived next door. Their house was half the size of ours, Ours barely big enough for four. Mr. Hughes would sit on his stoop most of the day Wearing a tie Watching cars and people go by. When my friends...
