Same old lament

National TV
talk show called me to be a
guest. What will I wear?

To do list

I jot on random
scraps, then lose them. No wonder
I don’t get things done.

Tasteless

Reading haikus is
like eating chestnuts. You stop
after a bad one.

Psoriasis

I scratch itchy skin,
thinking of lepers losing
pieces of themselves.

Stephen King films

We longed for The Mist
and 1408 like kids
dreaming of Christmas.

Moral chicken

They saw a film on
how poultry is killed. They cluck
as I eat hot wings.

The day after

Busyness is best
to occupy, medicate
you. Endings are hard.

High school

You’ll never again
feel pain, joy both at once. Be
so at odds with life.

Speak

When you unburden,
you hope listeners will care.
Yet some could care less.

Famous people

Write about ’em and
stats go up. I try not to
let this affect me.