Vanished

for Richard, my currently missing cat

 Cat gone escape artist.

Animal  control contacted.

Wait… Wait… Wait…

Pray… Pray… Pray!

Legs gone spastic

after therapy sentence me to bed,

rather than monitoring

window by work space

in case feline roommate opts

to return to encased, indoor cat status.

Human gone heartbroken.

No Christmas Without China

inspired by the ITVS flim Xmas Without China 

 

Man holds stuffed pig,

priced at $99,says,

“this is what

not made in China

looks like.”

I share his wife’s worry:

We don’t make anything…

What is our place in this

economic world.

I remember

my fruitless search

for US-made Christmas lights.

                                                                                                                                                 

Creepily Accurate

Today's poem is another Mesostomatic.  It's source material is Scott Lively's answer to the amended complaint in the SNUG vs. Lively trial.  This is the first option presented to me by the computer verbatim.

a	Biding
m	Inistries,
Jud	Ge
P	Onsor
	Trial
answe	R
b	Y

1st poem for Bob

A remembrance for freedom fighter and friend Bob Romero.  UPenn's Mesostomatic program (poetry creation software) offered this as an option and I took it. Forever                  Admi Re
zEst
lifE

Current Affairs

Inspired by poet Naomi Shihab Nye’s interview on PBS Newshour

I craft political verse,

pulling poems from

headlines, newscasts, e-mails…

Covering breaking news, I’ve discovered,

is apt to break you.  There are so many

approaches to random violence, abused children,

and societal bigotry one can take before damage

accrues to the soul.

Especially after reading

what resembles too many retellings
of the same story.

                                        

Thank God for Kids!

(for Madison Kimrey of this awesome voting rights video)

He called you a prop,

incapable of having

your own opinion,

simply because

you attend middle school.

My inner child is still screaming at the screen.