Category Archives: Pain



Insomnia

Each day I limp down to the courts
At nine o’clock and after noon,
Sit on a bench with aged cohorts
To tease and joke, kill time, commune.
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Posted in Aging, Death, Illusion, Pain, Wisdom

Moral Obscenity

What, one wonders, constitutes a moral
Obscenity? It means, I guess, disgust,
Unwillingness to constrain a quarrel
To bitter foes refusing to adjust.
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Posted in Death, Pain, Politics, War

Waking Up

Like everything, “waking up” evolves.
The sodden infant wakes and cries for food
The avid schoolboy jumps from bed, resolved
To breakfast, meet his mates, head off to school.
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Posted in Aging, Inspiration, Pain, Wisdom

The Human Condition

I’ve never quite understood what “soul” means.
There, tumultuous, underneath the skin,
Empathy and ego ebb, flow, careen
Through consciousness like unleashed yang and yin.
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Posted in Family, Pain, Vanity, Wisdom

What’s The Matter With Me?

Look, we’ve got a house at the beach
Paid for! Good pensions and no debt—
Our three educated kids, each
Pulls his own weight, beloved assets.
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Posted in Affluence, Family, Pain, Wisdom

Gut Music

The body is an instrumental source
Of various and somewhat sour sounds
Though frequently the melody is coarse
When smelly drumbeat flatulence astounds.
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Posted in Pain, Words