A True Thing

A true thing always
stands perpendicular
to the ground it
grows out of,

like a tree.
Contrary to popular
belief, God does
not involve himself

in the making
of trees. He
is too busy
polishing

the apple of his
nonexistence.

Inopportune

Trying to multiply
his lifetime by two
cut his blessings
in half.  Counting

them did little to
keep the inevitable
at bay.  Drinking
milk in the dark

with your eyes
open can help
alleviate the pain
of being alive

at an inopportune
moment.

The Candidate Speaks

I have scraped
together enough
half-truths to
hoodwink the gullible.

The people will
elect me if I let
them touch the
hem of my garment.

My garment is
woven from the
ruined lives of
those I've wronged.

The majority will vote
for me out of envy and despair.

Those Of Us

A battle of
wits between the
forces of evil
and the forces

of good has ended
in a draw, giving
rise to the not
so bad yet far

from perfectly
ideal.  This
comes as a great
relief to those

of us directly
affected by it.

Most

There will always
be things to be
sung of and things
to be lamented

in the dark before
dawn.  The dimwit
inside me flicks
a switch, flooding

the room with doubt.
Restacking the
chips I have let
fall where they

may now takes
up most of my time.

Open

Just another day
or dog in the long
journey from here
to now.  Gas approaches

disguised as glass
for rhyme's sake.
Something within
spelling distance

refuses to budge.
Every third bird
senses the approach
of winter and exits

through an open
door in the sky.

Alibi

During a recent
visit with the
shadow of my
former self, it

became apparent
that we had both
attended the
same high school.

I took pleasure
in knowing that
the two of us
shared more than

just a name and
an alibi.