Joy Ride

We kid ourselves that we have control

Power 

And dominance

We try to fake her

The all powerful

Mother Nature

Control her 

But at the end of the day

We have no say

Strange how we arrange our lives

Containing no awareness

We should listen to her

70 degrees in December

It’s more than just weather

Whether or not we act

Enact

Or react

It may be too late

As we watch the sun fade

On a 70 degree December day

The heat is not right 

Mother Nature very well may not be on our side

But we will tell ourselves we are alright

Money power greed back in plane sight

And care melts away

As ignorance can enjoy one last

Joy ride

A Small Splinter

An attitude of wait and see

Content contemplating

What will transpire eventually

Will happen most gradually

All over the city

Dawned a breathe of Spring

In mid December

That is not the winter

I remember

Unseasonable

Unmistakeable

Get out your summer garments

Rather than act on ambitions

What if we do to much to late

Way after the point where

We matter

After all norms have been

Shattered

Would we care then

Would we decide to move

Move to actions

Actions of productive manner

Rather than cheap reactions

Or will we grab our t shirt

Enjoy a summer in winter

Remove and dispose of care

As if a small splinter

The Streets of Manhattan

Only in New York

Can you meet a legend on the street

Step inside and share bagels

And eat

From the Upper West side

To the East Village

It shatters any image

You have in your head

Straight talking fellas

On the Avenue

Just another normal day

For me and you

But legends shake hands

With people sipping their

Daily brew

Unusual but true

This could only truly happen

Out on the streets

Of Manhattan

White Floors in Brooklyn

White floors

In Brooklyn

Don’t stand even the slightest

Chance

Against feet

That have trod all day

Night

Evening

Through to morning light

Imperfections will be made

As one foot

The next is laid

White floors in Brooklyn

Are a high price to be paid

 

Plastics Elastics Fantastic

Big heaping pile of coldness

Plastics elastics fantastic

Illuminated grand bombastic

Yet my eyes seem rather deflated

Upon laying them to rest on fakeness

From real trees

To the ultimate regress

Plastic toppled on top of fanciness

I understand the symbol

But not the true beauty

Of a real tree

Uneven symmetry

Built by the land eternally

Circumvent then these fake trees

Pristine ever to be

From plastic bottles to from of room

Our plastic addictions seems to bloom

From these tupperware we create

A tree to elate

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Late or Early

Get after it late

Get after it early

Life is good

And you are worthy

The mantra begin

Then repeats

Repeats

Repeats

Until I am so driven

Driven out of my seat

Around the room

Hope of accomplishment

Seeing the fruits of hard work

Embark

Upward

Forward

And Out

 

On Sunday

Time for reflection

Stray away in all directions

Hold true

True to let go

On Sunday I owe this ode to you

Sweet coffee

How it has joined great minds

Connecting people in common time

Real time

The fruit of the coffee tree

In Brooklyn connecting lives

Is what it can be

But thank you coffee for today

Somehow you link people up

In a mysterious way

But it is all the same

On a Sunday

 

 

Dream, Live, and Let Go

What can I ask

That has never been asked

What can be done

That I would never want undone

Hope, love, joy

Can not be disposed

Thrown out like toys

What can I give

That can never be taken away

Savored everyday

Let go

But not be forgotten

To let grow

Instead of going rotten

My hope is on the first

Letting go of the second

In a moment

I may stand corrected

But for now I hope

I dream

I give

I let go

Distorted Unequal Wobble

The light passes through glass

Rigid at the top

Distorted unequal wobble

Of light through the bottle

Incandescent lit up flutter

Transparent empty 

Filled and dashed away

Sips of cold water saved

Into the hot wash

Cracked plastic dry

On the table coop 

In this coffee shop

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Light Bean Roasted

The Brooklyn Cafe

Seven up hot drinks

Laughter

Tunes

Common swoons

While the coffee machine croons

To stiff business collars

And relaxed jackets

Soft sips

Furrowed brows

White tables decorated with coffe stain

Constant drone of the roaster

Light bean roasted 

In the Brooklyn Cafe

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