This season sits on twisted times And good cheer gone awry The world’s aflame with climate change And despots on the rise COVID kills the elderly And then some, still not sure Stop the world and stay at home Please hurry with that cure Our politics just make me sick No beacon for the world … Continue reading Twisted Times →

Years ago, on a Delta flight  I asked the lady next to me if she liked to party She said, “Once yes, but now is time for different things” In my mind her words still ring Who’s gonna party tonight, this year, this life? I was once a partier, now alcoholic, right? Since most parties … Continue reading Happy New Year →

Trump tweets a crazy conspiracy theory with no evidence to support Says guy might be ANTIFA provocateur trying to block police comm Says he fell harder than he was pushed Says it could be a set-up The 75-year-old protestor lay on the street, blood spilling from his head Who stands with this man? Who stands … Continue reading Show this Bum the Door →

Televangelist Paula White, who also chairs the president’s evangelical advisory board, said that Christians who don't support President Donald Trump will have to answer to God The Reverend Franklin Graham, Billy’s son, described opposition to President Donald Trump as being “demonic” He may grab ‘em by the pussy, but all in good fun He may … Continue reading Hey Christians, How’s Your Boy? →

Me and Rick, summer of '81 Met up in San Francisco Roving reporters on the beat, so to speak Sitting on a wall at Fisherman’s Wharf With ice cream cones Enjoying the sunny day scene A man walked toward us with a big colorful parrot on his shoulder Rick said, gee, that’s so cool Walking … Continue reading Fisherman’s Wharf Parable →

Was thinking ‘bout some travel Some places I might go Then COVID came a callin’ And put my moves on hold   Thought of working part time Or volunteer in town But virus is a stalkin’ So better hunker down   Friend gonna have a party Outside and on his deck I told him sorry … Continue reading Rain Check Blues →

In my dream A big bus rolls along And bounces down the road Kids laugh and scream On roller coaster ride In my dream A canoe fights white water Thrashing for a way To find the calm again In my dream I’m running through the trees Chased by laughing men Running toward a cliff Wondering … Continue reading In My Dream →

I sit at home All bunker like World turning in my mind I peak outside But dare I go To see who else alive   Stay away, stay away, at least six feet or more Don’t sneeze or cough, or spit or piss You lousy dirty whores   Behind your masks You’re all suspects I … Continue reading My Corona2 →

How are you? As Wuhan flu runs wild   My Corona Virus day is boring Isolating with my wife Wake up and rinse, repeat Groundhog movie life   All this time at home You’d think I’d get in shape But Netflix keeps on streamin’ And lunch is on the plate   Read a little, write … Continue reading My Corona →

Nobody Gets Out Alive   This is it, again, and here Our bubble lives cringe with fear We fight to work and fight at home COVID deaths die alone   Young and restless morals test Love yourself or love the rest Beaches boom with no regrets Grandma sits at home and frets   Take comfort … Continue reading Nobody Gets Out Alive →