Over charcoal sky
The snow moon rolls steadily,
Peppered with soot .
The snow moon rolls steadily,
Peppered with soot .
*[ WSB ].
Author: waltersboxx
My self was born XVII: XLII, Dies Lunae, XI.V.MCMLXIV at Latitude: 33-17'40'' N Longitude: 083-57'58'' W: Jackson is in Butts County, Georgia at an elevation of 705 feet. Interests include reading/writing, currently working on hodgepodge book: poetry, essays, other. Retired, Air Force. Divorced. Ephemeris heavily populated by Taurus: Sol, Luna, Mercury, Mars, Jupiter--my two daughters say--I like old things; classics, I would counter. Interests: formatting documents/tables, classical music *a pattern forms*, Shakespeare, Joyce, Jung: maybe I was born old. Sadly, I have not published anything—more critic than creator, so far. However, English major still tantalized by math.
Hue and Cry
They think
We are going to get over
Democracy : representation,
To fawn a dictator ∠ bend the knee .
Turn over .
We are going to get over
Democracy : representation,
To fawn a dictator ∠ bend the knee .
Turn over .
Turns out;
NO ❯∶¬ [ Not gonna do it ; wouldn’t be prudent .
Not in the Courts . Not in the Congress . Not in the Senate . Not in the States . Not in the Press . Not in a Boat . Not with a Goat . And ultimately, not in the Streets . [ Besides : there are no eggs ]
⬯
We think, therefore we are
Not having it .
*[ WSB ].
Loyalty Not Reciprocal
Ramaswamy lasted negative scaramucci’s :
You’re fired ! Now pack up, and get the hell out of Doge .
You’re fired ! Now pack up, and get the hell out of Doge .
*[ WSB ].
Moon House
Swedish, the red house
Of aluminum : solid
On ancient moondust .
White-framed poetry flown down
Fiery on Falcon feathers .
Of aluminum : solid
On ancient moondust .
White-framed poetry flown down
Fiery on Falcon feathers .
*[ WSB ].
*Hamilcar
Hamilcar, somnolent Prince of the City of Books—
Thou guardian nocturnal ! Like that Divine Cat
Who combated the impious in Heliopolis—
In the night of the great combat—thou dost defend
From vile nibblers those books which the old savant
Acquired at the cost of his slender savings and
Indefatigable zeal . Sleep, Hamilcar, softly
As a sultana, in this library, that shelters
Thy military virtues; for verily in thy
Person are united the formidable aspect
Of a Tartar warrior and the slumbrous grace of a
Woman of the Orient . Sleep, thou heroic
Voluptuous Hamilcar, while awaiting that
Moonlight hour in which the mice will come forth to dance
Before the Acta Sanctorum of the learned Bollandists !
Thou guardian nocturnal ! Like that Divine Cat
Who combated the impious in Heliopolis—
In the night of the great combat—thou dost defend
From vile nibblers those books which the old savant
Acquired at the cost of his slender savings and
Indefatigable zeal . Sleep, Hamilcar, softly
As a sultana, in this library, that shelters
Thy military virtues; for verily in thy
Person are united the formidable aspect
Of a Tartar warrior and the slumbrous grace of a
Woman of the Orient . Sleep, thou heroic
Voluptuous Hamilcar, while awaiting that
Moonlight hour in which the mice will come forth to dance
Before the Acta Sanctorum of the learned Bollandists !
* 2nd Paragraph of The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard by Anatole France as translated by Lafcadio Hearn and versified by :
*[ WSB ].
Rich People Be Like
Dragons gliding gold coins greedily closer with scoop of sinuous tail, the scales hissing just like the sliding wealth, a tendril of smoke residual from the nostril torch, insouciantly drifting into sleep, while the world beyond the castle keep wails, surrounded by the still smoldering havoc the reptiles have wrought in scorch and sulfur.
*[ WSB ].
LEFT : Leaving the Presidency on a High Note
On the December Jobs Report :
256 thousand new jobs
In December ; 16.6 million jobs :
Admin total—the only in history
To create jobs every single month ;
Despite inheriting an economic crisis,
The economy was built back
From the middle out and bottom up .
RIGHT :
* Joe Biden’s fiscal time bomb is set to
Explode just in time for Trump to take office
* New York Post headline ( 4 Jan 25 )
*[ WSB ].
*Tiny Chicken Newspaper : Vol 16 | Iss 8
Chickens red, black or white
Roaming outside in open pastures,
Romping through the forests,
Foraging the grasses ;
Roaming outside in open pastures,
Romping through the forests,
Foraging the grasses ;
Roosting in a peaceful nook,
Mindful of an internal clock .
Crickets tap their wings in song,
As the chickens tuck in theirs ;
The light dims to clucks and coos .
The cock crows .
Peppy Patsy lays an egg,
Sunshine inside .
* https://vitalfarms.com/vital-times-online/
*[ WSB ].
The State of the Nation
*[ WSB ].
The Rule of Holes
The Rule of Holes :
Stop digging .
Stop digging .
The pile of potential energy
Increases . The probability of
Escape diminishes .
Cavernous shade :
Crack the crust covered in dust
Until the mantel melts the
Metallic blade,
The crack of ash
Like a breaking backbone .
Fade into the catacomb
Dint of decades and not a
Hint of golden core—
Just more dust .
Past table dampness,
The holed soul
Flows in lava lampness,
Falling low enough
To rise again,
And find an exit from the cavity
In transit at the source of gravity .
*[ WSB ].
Occupation : Poet . 