Hoi Polloi

A poem from 2019

She summons spirits

For the delight of the masses

A masquerading sideshow

A happy deception

Soon all will fall flat

And memory will fail

Life goes on as it always has

The people are fickle

Image by Алина Осипова from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/fire-witch-girl-jumping-flies-2914766/

Laughing Gas

A poem from 2019

Oh, what a wonderful way to go!

Light headed

Dizzy

Unable to think

Unaware of time slowing down

The mind quietly withdrawing into itself

Laughing spasms

Frolicking hallucinations

Aural fissures

Olfactory paranoia

You wake with a headache

You wake up to the smell of blood

You wake up in a strange bed

Image by Gerhard Gellinger from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/art-faces-mask-head-3-faces-human-2174145/ 

Tempus Fugit

A poem from 2019

"Time flies when you're having fun"

Truth, or a lie?

Why

Would you want time to hurry by?

Nearer to death, oblivion?

Nearer my God, to Thee, eternity?

Eke out those precious seconds

Once the sand has passed through the timer

That's it, this side of resurrection

Image by Angeles Balaguer from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/illustrations/time-flies-time-passes-time-watches-2470848/

Stink Bomb

A poem from 2019

It was you what done it

Ha ha ha ha ha

A little game of hide and seek

Pin the tail on the opposition

Postman puts an explosive device through the letterbox

Runs away, balaclava covers face

No more kisses any more

No more chasing the girls 

No more making them cry

Assassinated character

Can you guess how long a minute is?

That’s how long you have to live

Say your prayers while you can

The music is about to stop

And you will have nowhere to sit down

Childish catastrophe

You don’t want to be left holding the parcel

It’s not a treat

It’s a trick

Ha ha ha ha ha

Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/vectors/bomb-cartoon-cherry-enemy-evil-1294261/

The Cobbled Coronation Streets of Doom

A poem from 2019

There was a time in black and white when men and women laughed 

But still they’d fight and grab each other by the hair, yet they joked

And so we didn’t care

Adultery, rivalry, food and feuds

Names kept changing like the partners

They came and they went

Time passed and popularity never waned

They appeared more and more, and occupied our time

Onlookers fooled by art

And now they scream and shout, and seldom laugh 

They pick up a pay cheque and lose sight of reality and fiction

At the mercy of a panel of execs and writers who hold their fate in their hands

Two things are certain

Death and taxis

Image by PublicDomainPictures from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/cobble-stone-animal-beak-bird-21565/

Never Good At History

A poem from 2019

He listens to the songs of days gone by

He was happier then

The world was a much nicer place to be

All was rosier then

He was never good at history

Travis Yewell

Asparagus Soup

A poem from 2019

Rich man’s food

Turned into poor man’s food

Becoming old man’s food

Image by Pexels from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/soup-asparagus-winter-soup-1283219/

Algorithm

A poem from 2019

Tick follows tock

Day follows night

Foot follows sock

Kiss follows fight

Complex computations

Lifetime celebrations

Endless variables

Keep it simple

1,2,3

The Bible tells me

God loves me

Sin, death, salvation

Calvary, tree

Overcome addiction

Eat yourself slim

Endure affliction

Crucify Him

Baby born at Christmas

Baby dies for me

Baby rises from the dead

Tock follows tick

Night follows day

Sock follows foot

Fight follows kiss

Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/gothic-fantasy-dark-dark-angel-1629448/

Dancing In The Dark

A poem from 2019

I see your heart

Dancing in the dark

Glinting in reflected, unseen light

Where does this joy come from?

You’re in an impossible situation

Yet you find the strength to shine

Image by Design n Print from Pixabay

https://pixabay.com/photos/bokeh-blur-lights-background-352485/