Old Billy Wrote

Old Billy wrote
Of brows besieged
By forty winters wear
Of making love
And sowing seeds
And so thy beauty share
With generations
Down through time
Thy beauty always there

Old Billy wrote
Through Hamlet’s speech
Of arrows and of slings
Of the noble choices
And unseen fears
Outrageous Fortune brings
And that
Undiscovered country
Whose siren ever sings

Anticipation

I know that you are coming
My house is ready
Food and comfort planned
Conversation anxiously awaited

Will we get there?
Will we see the point together?
Find the meaning of the moment?
Remember why we are friends?

In these times
I need someone to talk with
Someone to share my perception
Or…correct it

Common Knowledge

The whole world knows about
Van Gogh’s ear
Elvis’s hamburgers
Janet Jackson’s tit
Clinton’s cigar
Monica’s dress
Bush and the oil companies
Poe’s darkness
De Sade’s fixations
Jesus’s sacrifice
Marilyn and the Kennedy brothers
Genocide all over the place
The rich getting richer
How the blind lead the blind
How we won the war
How the market place exploits the weakness in us
How fast foods keep us fat and happy
How skinny women are the icons
How little girls dream of weddings and pop stars
How little boys dream of monsters and firetrucks

The whole world knows about
Hitler’s moustache
Castro’s beard
Beckham’s foot
Streisand’s nose
Parton’s bust
Grable’s legs
Stalin’s goulags
Lincoln’s hat
High taxes
Low expectations
Mortgage rates
The need for shelter
The need for love
The need to be accepted
The need to stand apart from and above the crowd
The need to be admired
The need to be remembered
Like
Van Gogh’s ear