Important Reminder

Put coal in your stocking
On April Fool’s Eve
And the Fool
Fearing Santa’s sharp claws,
Will just leave.

Symbolism Embolism

Meteorophorically,
Too much March lamb
For too long can go wrong
And can threaten the dam.

Lion-like weather
Somewhere in the month
Is tradition. Just wishin’
It weren’t all at oneth.

All The World’s A Stage

Theater’s transformative
For those attuned to what it offers.
I’m not sure I’d care to live
Where arts don’t share the public coffers.
Those who have and who have not
Can meet in theaters to share
The gifts their counterparts have brought
And find some common interest there.
You needn’t think the same as me,
But while we’re in that room, we’re we.

Sibling Ribaldry

On Opening Day
Every team is tied for first:
Lots of sisters kissed.

10-Word Recap: 3 Summers of Lincoln

Douglass and Lincoln
Sing what they’re thinkin’:
Radicals shout, “Now!”

And That’s The Upside

Pessimism’s hard.
No one wants to talk to you
When you’re always right.

The Tippi Point

The birds I watch are fine, I guess.
I think I might enjoy it less
Than others who delight to see
Their birds, ’cause mine are watching me.
I wouldn’t worry that they did,
But I watched Hitchcock as a kid.

Where Or When

The difference between where you start
And where you finish up
Is Time
And possibly Geography
If you’re transportable
Which I’m

How Come I’m Late

Nothing’s burning up, or wet;
They haven’t had the earthquake yet
That they’ve been promising for years;
No hurricanes or twister fears;
No freezing rain or sleet or hail;
No aging infrastructure fail;
No feral dogs; no plague of mice.
I overslept. Will that suffice?