Continue the Monologue
They want us to forget That through the entire election No one mentioned climate change Until Sandy hit How it took cities being washed away Millions losing electricity Flooded tunnels and subways Thousands becoming homeless One hundred dead Like a bullet in our collective head They want us to talk about affairs Who is sleeping […]
American Made
My mother was a teacher My father looked for work He found what he could Never making what he should Always paying the minimum Sitting in church Putting dollars in the pot Praying for a better day When hard work would pay So that a man could say He took care of his family So […]
Filtering Tragedy
So very small Like army ants in a trance Pushing their way through the forest floor. Devouring everything and wanting more. For there is no end to our hunger. For we know no humility. Scrambling from giant waves. Taking photos to share online. To prove we saw a monster. High tide, full moon, setting sun. […]
Pitch Black
All these fingers and toes; filtering, weaving, pulling, wiping mouth and nose. Touching our pads and phones and touching less and less flesh as we go. More touching glass than ever before. Our fingertips pet objects like they live. Like they are extensions of our bodies. Are they? When will they become our bodies? […]
This is the News
I do not want a “journalist” reading me tweets. I don’t want them to repeat, what someone, somewhere typed on their phone. While sitting on their toilet in their homes. I don’t want a politician updating their Facebook page making the news. I want the Evening News with Walter Cronkite. I want nine public channels […]
Call It Time
I write as if there is a gun to my head Is it a revolver Is it cartridge fed I call it cancer I call it time You can call it what you want, when it is your dime Pressurized Headaches Hands shake I awoke today no longer wanting to create No rules No grades […]
Bill Roden
@billroden Integrated Creative Director @cpbgroup // I like collaborative storytelling // Believe well done trumps well said // Thoughts, musings, rants, etc. are my own. Boulder, Colorado · http://flavors.me/billrodenwriter Bill Roden’s answers in RED: As you mention on your bio, you’ve been doing advertising for 18 years now. In those 18 years, you have been doing […]
Human
Infinity Planets Stars Moons Nebulas Black Holes Infinite Possible avenues Infinite Possible solutions The choice must be yours You are free to destroy Free to abstain Free to addiction To be your keeper Eyes bluer than blue Oceans not seen by you One pair of tracks covered Ten thousand smothered Native Ancient Hand painted caves […]
Just Right
Out here between the blue and the red One planet full of water The other dead We aim to step foot on you Set up a colony on you So that we might survive So that our collective consciousness Might have a second life To evolve past our human strife Our data backed up safely […]
Cliché Motivational Poem
Never give up Never let them think you are boxed in Never let them think you are done That the game is up Always keep moving Keep your head up You are not your paycheck You are not your job title You are what you love Who you surround yourself with The ones you love […]
Turning Poison
The same problems persist On distant planets Humans fight For water For freedom Against being occupied If man survives the desert He can survive anything Recycling ones moisture to drink Reclaiming the dead’s blood to thank The passing of a free man So that nothing is wasted There is no peace Light years away from […]
Question Everything
Bottled emotions set A match to dissect The innards of democracy Storming the gates Of the city on the hill Flames to bend the will Of what words are said Put under scrutiny Microscope the tragedy Spreading across a region As hate groups grow Arming themselves to know The end times The rapture If not […]
The Solution
The solution is within your reach It is through the company you keep Through the work they do Through the passions they choose One can think they need so many friends Needing them to validate what is within Not knowing the empty hole felt will never end For no amount of attention will rescind The […]
S T R E T C H
If I could only ask For all the time I wasted I could take it back Could it be different One lives to eighty Drinking and smoking Cursed words choking Some are born to die Inflicted before they open eyes From their first breath Loved ones torn, bereft If I could have it back All […]
We Built This Together
I did not build this
This place we call home
We did it together
Passing through the storm
After the layoffs
The months looking for work
Did you Change?
Hope. Change. yes they exist. it is not within a government twist. toss out the head. cross out the one who led. it does not happen over night. it happens within your heart. Hope. Change. you know when it exists. it happens when you are not dead. eyes not glossed over but clear. to see […]
Nuclear Summer
A marathon has been run. Days, weeks, many many miles. Combat has been done. Bones tired and piled. The masked was strapped on and on. 33 days in the nuclear sun. Lasers and poisons my savior or Armageddon. This bald head signs of things to come. Weeks spent away from work and family. Worst case […]
33 Days
A mountain to climb. Time to count. Checking days off a list. Monday through Friday. Monday through Friday. Head strapped to table. Your mask of fate. Your brain is baked. You hope there are no mistakes. Chemo is taken by pill. Lack of energy takes your will. Steroids keep brain from swelling. Keep skull from […]
American Zeitgeist
A storm is brewing. A country is burning. Drought has stricken. Hate is growing. The two sides are broken. Red is white with blue. Can you feel it inside you? Many would like to write us off. Have the wolves pick us clean. Cut off all government. Each man for himself. Open the prisons. Have […]
