Oh Drat ! WP post 10/16/25

 

Oh Drat !

went to make
my signature
sloppy Joses today
only to find
I didn’t have
most of my
usual ingredients

no problem
inprov is my forte
no tomatoes
and green chilies
what to do
what to do

ah …

roasted tomatoes
tomato paste
more chili powder
salt and black pepper

the result was
less than edifying
really not very good
usually better
the second day
but no second-day
reprieve was granted

that’ll teach me…
my improv hubris
took me down

next time
no tomatoes and
green chilies
make something else

without tomatoes
and green chilies
there’s just no way
to make my signature
sloppy Joses

oh drat ! …

–LE – 10/16/25

CynOp WP post for 10/20/25

 Artifice Our Disguise

Artifices We All Hide Behind…

Yes, Our Truths Hidden Behind Masks

We all wear them, morning to night,

cradle to grave –

Inspired by societies, primitive and new,

to fool us, the gods, and especially the demons –

the demons within, and out in the world.

Welcome to the future, where masks

create and hide the fear and deceit, promoted

by the opportunists in charge, for their own

eternal perpetuation of power, wealth, control –

behooves them to keep us scared –

as Enlightenment principles are turned

up-side-down – as civilization devolves –

the future is here… full of primitive fear

all over again.

–LE

I Had A Friend And Muse

 I Had A Friend

in our journey from birth to death

we cross paths with multitudes 

some walk with us for a ways

then leave for different by-ways

sometimes our paths cross again

but the rivers we tread

and the persons we became

keep changing, not the same

even deep emotional connections

diverge, thinning to nothing or

splitting by social pressures 

conditioning and misunderstanding

the result is the same … 

my only friend, the end …

fervently hoping for a friend's contentment 

along and to the chosen road's end

–LE - 10/8/25 

PS: I lost a friend and muse today... No, not by death, just an unwanted parting of ways  (at least for me)... This poem is for and inspired by you; I'll miss you...