How did this come to be
Relish the memory
Revelry
Indifferently
We pass through the New York Times
As writers beg for our time
Full blown controversies
Buried in the depths
Cover ups
Sentencing our own deaths
How be
How be
Did it come to this
Vulnerable dues
Unlikely news
Pay it to the man in the coat
In the long black trenchcoat
The snake oils salesman
The PhD pay him your money
Let go freely
Trying to get caught up
Is just digging further in the rut
While your at it
Take 2 punches to the gut
Guttural reactions to prescription drug contango
Have to keep the doctors fat and happy
So just hand over the checkbook
And don’t get sick
There he is
Green eyes lit up
Hovering in my studio
Watching my every move
Judging
Controlling
Asking
With no answers
A wry smile
Because he knows
What he costs me
Sleepless nights
Staying up late
Baggy eyes
While his eyes fixed
Unshaken
By reality
Or importance
The dollar man tears me apart
With his weight and indifference
How can it be
The shade of green so pale
That he controls so much
The dollar man
Scramble the signal
Influential presidential
Previous conditions
How can we let go
Of the most vulnerable
Let the needy fall first
How could we live with that
Profits soup packed bowl
Hoping to ring in the numbers
While other fall sick
That is not the goal of humanity
Or decency
Take care of each other
Thin out the fat cats
They need less cars
That’s for sure
Reminds us that we are human
The words
Ring out
Hopefully don’t fall short
An art piece in motion
Red stripes and flowing
Awesome in stature
Eyes fixed on walking
Keep going
The words were hard to hear
As the red beauty walked the runway
What is the term honor
Honor for achievement
Honor for the moment
Honor for what reasons
What earns honor and distinguishment
I am certain that it is not a light word
Should be dispersed with great review
Discussion
Honor the people
Who honor this country
Not those who run loose
For when it is honor given
We hope not to lose
Certain now
That honor itself has become a point of confusion
Amusement
What honorable actions happened today
For such a reaction
Incoming nights rain
Late April showers
Coming down like baseballs of ice
Slamming the grounds
Sprinkling a tap dance sound
All around
Tonight at winter makes a temerity
Run reckless and shrewd
Under a spring moon
Blowing wind in from the Great Lakes
While we wait
For the power to stay on
Ill-fated truck
On a late night run
Blowing through the red light
Light posts undone
The hum of the blown engine
On the side of the road
One second notice
A repeating note
The world and it purveyors
On the streets tonight
Underneath the crashed post
Right by the trucks side
Stew
Made fresh in the morning
On Manhattan Avenue
As the world wakes up and gets going
The stew boils and bellows
The streets fill with busy feet
While the world gets ready
Lights on the scene
Lights unseen
Halo burned out and smoking
Guns held up
Stoking
The national conversation and call
A tenuous decision
To watch it unfold
Is like watching old food
Grow mold
Another day
Another story
Words fall short from glory
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