Jesus and Satan Out on the Plains Jesus and Satan out on the plains both of them living on long-ago fame They got off their horses, holstered their guns And talked turn of course to Thy Kingdom Come   “I brought the light and the world was saved.” “Yeah, but I brought the right to … Read More

Travelin’ Boy – Part Two Previously on “Travelin’ Boy”: About to accede to the Lord’s employ I was seized and tossed like a toy Upon the water   I saw sweet bliss fade and die Did not resist is how I survived I was lifted, drifted, mystified What tomorrow would offer I landed in the … Read More

Travelin’ Boy – Part One I grew up in Iowa knew I was a guy in love with any place the other side of the country   So I stuck my thumb out Luckily Luck left a crumb out But funds and fun done run out    in Kentucky   I can confidently assert this: … Read More

The Atchison Topeka The Atchison Topeka – midnight  round farm girl sleepin’ she hears the sound slips into dreams, she’s the engineer locomotive steams to a wild frontier sails the prairie, rhythm of wheels rails carry her through moonlit fields  sits on a pillow (she’s only ten) sounds the whistle, “Here I am!” Picks up … Read More

The Obituary Poet There once was an obituary poet Took the prose and sorta rewrote it Those honored in verse went too soon to the hearse (though a few voluntarily chose it) All lives  (he guessed) were precious But few deaths stopped the presses But if you’ve made The Times You’ve done something sublime Or … Read More

Thomas A. Turkey 2017-2017 We grieve Tom Turkey, my what a shame Richly deserving of much wider acclaim We say goodbye, with a prayer sacred, stately: “No, it’s not dry, I just really like gravy!”   He knew from the start like Papa and Mama   He’d play his part in the white and dark … Read More

Illegal Organ Trafficking I used to earn my pay in a corporate cubicle Work was OK but a monkey could do it though I was drinkin’ so bad, that job was killin’ me They put me in a rehab and then on disability But a man without a job is like…there must be a metaphor … Read More

The Thanksgiving Lottery It was mid-November the farm animals gathered For the annual Thanksgiving lottery A day when hopes were met or shattered Eyes, either way,  would get  watery Chairperson Chicken called the meeting to order A moment of silence to use as you wish Most wished the moment were shorter And to simply just … Read More