A Lost Art

Tuesday:

Don't check 'neath each stall;

Go ahead, rudely ram doors.

Bathroom etiquette?

Perfect School Day, Work Function, Do-Nothing, Earning Respect

Monday:

Kids break your spirit,

Fight to "earn" their respect.  Why?

Miss olde-time values.

Sunday:

Miss Just-Do-Nothing

Won the fight, it seems, today.

Oh, how lovely 'tis!

Saturday:

It's the day of rest 

That isn't when one finds self

At a work function.

Friday:

Perfect day at school:

Reading, student interest,

Creativity.

Poverty

Middle school-aged girl

Asks, "Want to buy tamales?"
Parking lot, Kmart.

Happens twice, one week,

Same girl who should be at play.

Sorrow ruptures heart.

Homage to Ma' Man Teddy

Tuesday & Wednesday:

Teddy Roosevelt

A presidential badass,

Sayeth History.

Athlete, a boxer,

Got shot but didn't stop speech,

True adventurer.

Fall Fruit, My Country, Beach, Free Concert, & Love

Monday:

Deep orange and spiced,

Tastes cinnamoned and fruity,

Persimmon on tongue.

Sunday:

Crooked politics

And rampant corporate greed

Are not my country.

Saturday:

Trip to Santa Cruz

And yet, surprisingly few

Minutes spent on beach.

Friday:

The Black Keys on stage

Heralds in an evening grand

But full of hipsters.

Thursday:

My love is fair-haired

Angel with a mind wicked,

Which matches my own.

Nothing

Work stacks up around,

And yet I find my center

In doing nothing.

Bad Music

"Three, six, nine..." Not hot,

But rather, totally rot.

Why's this song still played?

Twinkle, Glory, Losing

Monday:

Grown tired of playing,

Without direction, honor, 

For a losing team.

Sunday:

From life unto death,

Flares of glory, a phoenix

Flies autumn's entrance.

Saturday:

Tall, colored bottles

Splinter sunshine, this moonshine.

Twinkle in the light.

Laughter, Vinegar, Crochet

Friday:

Stitch by stitch, I hug

People I will never meet,

Love's warmth, tangible.

Thursday:

Balsamic, Rice wine,

Rice, Red wine, Apple cider,

Pickled ecstasy.

Wednesday:

It is good to laugh

'Til breathing becomes labored 

And sides ache with joy.

Fetish

Yellow, Orange, White,

Colors of sinful delight.

Candy Corn Fetish.