Missed Again

photo by PSC

Missed Again

As yet another photo op

leaps up

& plops

back into the water (un-

focused, unframed, un-

captured)

I once again recall with rue

every single time

this who

came just that close

to getting the perfect shot,

and then,

did not.

PSC / 2018

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Too Many Tocsins

a super storm - Public Domain photo

Too Many Tocsins

She’s bitterly in-

toxic-

ated, having

imbibed our poison-

ous concoctions

for far too long.

 Now she belches

flash fires, sneezes

gusts of debris & dust,

spews “super-storm”

tempests & tsunamis

and melts mountains

into rivers of mud. 

Her permafrost

is waxing temporary

as her ice caps liquefy

lifting up sea level in

perhaps a healthy attempt

to wash us all away.

This could be

our own personal

catechism of cataclysm,

and (I’m just wondering)

exactly how many tocsins

will it take

before we wake?

PSC / 2018

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Link to PD super-storm photo & additional info

What's the Deal?

photos by PSC

Before we deal:

Put all your cards on the table,

or there’ll be no deal

#seventeenineighteen

 

Battle Hymn

photo by PSC

Battle Hymn

He was wholly combative,

all dispute and demand,

commanding complete surrender –

with no hope of concession,

compromise, or truce.

Every little thing

became an ongoing battle

(of wits, wills and words)

until one day (she heard)

he’d called her water

under the bridge and

suddenly she was

so over the

dam(n), she declared

her independence,

disengaged and

walked away

(singing)

PSC / 2018

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