When Night Comes

The sun sets

The sky fades to blue

When night comes again

I think only of you

Hospital Zone

If I live to be 120, I will never forget what Russia did to the hospitals of Ukraine or what Israel did to the hospitals in Gaza.

Halloween Limerick

At the pub late one Halloween

The barmaid had started to clean

As she bent toward the kegs

She spread her fine legs

And her treats were unveiled to be seen

(It’s so hard to keep a limerick clean)

PS. A friend challenged me to use “Halloween” in a limerick. Thanks to Ken for the inspiration!

Save The Children

Did you know that a serial killer in Houston has killed 20 children in the past two weeks?

Except, it wasn’t 20. It was 2,000.

And it wasn’t Houston. It was Gaza.

Who Pays The Price

Who pays the price

The heaviest price

When the bombs fall

And the rockets fly?

The children

The old

The sick and the poor

The mothers

The sisters

The man at the store

Those who did nothing

To bring on a war

Those who can’t fight

And can’t get away

Those are the ones who pay

They pay with their limbs

They pay with their eyes

They suffer all night

And pay with their lives

It’s always the same

Time after time

The innocents pay the price

By The Numbers

1 thing 2 do 3 times be 4 you 5leep is have 6 in 7 different positions, unless you 8 a heavy meal, in which case walk 9 thousand steps and go to bed before 10.

No Trace

The Earth

Will be here

Long after humans

Disappear

Buildings will crumble

Records will fade

No trace will be left

In a million years

The Integer Nine

Let’s contemplate

The Integer Nine

The first Odd Number

That’s not a Prime

This highest digit

Isn’t prime, you see,

Because it factors

To three times three

Jackpot

Great news! Someone just won the money that I spent on Powerball! ;-)

Pinball Wisdom

Life is like being a pinball. You’re thrust into unpredictable situations where you bounce around and get whacked from time to time, but the longer you keep going, the more rewards you accumulate.