Bravery and Shutdown

Bravery and shutdown

The juxtaposition

Of nature’s

Vs

Nurture

How our composure

Is tested

For our future

Are we brave

As we brace

For the changes

Of a slowing race

You tell me

Abundant Contradiction

The abundant contradiction

Flows unknowingly

Flowingly

From the words of misguided souls

In words we see

The eternity

Of fluid

Lies

From the lips of

Cold settled

Hearts

Contradictions abound

While the wind that moves

Through our lips

Make the sound

The Linear Bus

Is there space on the bus

Moving in one straight line

In space and time

All along

While the bell rings

From the yellow line

All the way down the roads

As the old chains creek and pull

The linear bus and its passengers

Freewheeling

At last

The Promotion Designer

Such a lonely job

With a short description

A round sad face

In a Rockwell exhibition

With tears at the computer

And no real sign of life

In his eyes

Just trying to make the call

Get by

With a new promotion or design

Thinking now of how to resign

With dignity and praise

For these are his final days

The Course Bank

The course bank

Amongst the ranks

Of the young and old

Playing it up straight

Holding on hold

The debts owed

To the course bank

In time repaid

Or confiscated

When the winners lose

And the other waited

Pigeon Gains

Pigeon gains

Importing new clothes

And merchants

On the shores of Lake Michigan

In the December cold

All around the city

I’m told

The talk of the merchandise

Pigeons

They are on the news

Heard of the businessmen rats too

Notorious Jurisdiction

Notorious jurisdiction

Makes it heard

A new infliction

Point and moment

Sight unseen

This is what the new world means

The Stall Exhibition

Stall exhibition

No prohibition

Problems made

With no resolve

We have to grow

And evolve

Stalling out

Over the holidays

For the world can say

What a great nothing

What a moment to cease

All of that just to

Keep the peace

Rowing for the Moving Rebellion

Rowing on the frozen shores

I salute the moving rebellion

Steadfast in moving fast

Making decisions

For now and the future

The rebellion lives on

With or without you

I keep my brow low

As the ore slaps the water

And thrust the team onward

Into the morning fog

Red Lights

Red lights at stops

At this stop in the year

The south shore train

Draws near

Blinking in red and white

Double wide loads

As the snow blows

Between the signs

Calling a slowdown

A new year bustles with possibilities

Here