he said he needed

the flicker and flameof small twigs burningreturns light to the stars.the rumble of distant thunderin every leaf that falls.a prayer held in everydropp of rain… a babyborn in the face ofevery mountain’s movement…the depth of love ragingbeneath the snows of winter….death, or spring….. time decides….each has it’s own cup!each has it’s own flame!

the cobwebs.staring blindly around the kitchen,nothing seemed real,nothing made sense.late notices, disconnection notices,eviction notice walls of paperfalling in.children fighting over nothing,or something, what the hell!woman staring blankly at the tv.she hadnt seen him in years.invisible, untouchable, alone.alone till it stank,like dried vomit in the heat.he couldnt remember, couldnt evenremember what or why or when.and the…

only to fall?pounding their chests,‘we are the only ones,no one came before! ‘how ignorant and arrogantto actually believe…and how sad,the same mistakes,over and over again.when will we learn?the first buds of springremember the snows of winter,the leaves of autumn decayed,the passionate harvest of summer…why not we?the path long, wraps in circles,the ashes on which we…

we remain an ignorant people!a short poem, a bent nail,a heavy hammer!

bullet holes, wounded souls,fighting for the truth.kill the whales, fill your jails,with your mother’s sons.pray for peace, nuclear freeze,gotta pay for what you’ve done.the wheels of justice keep on turning.you keep spending more than you’re earning.people keep dying, bodies are burning….feed the beast, the world keeps turning!

watching the sun come up over the horizon, and thinking.Carlin, like so many others, was right! we are owned.this quit being a democracy a long time ago.the rich, the elite, the corporate gods, call all the shots.they buy both the laws and the lawmakers. they pick thepresident…they use wars, mis-information and fears, to manipulatethe common…