"Crime"

A poem that does not rhyme

Is not a major crime

Unless you were born in 1950

   (when everything was nifty).

October 17, 2026

"Guts"

The Niña the Pinta the Santa Maria

Exhibited enormous guts

Like taking on Abyssinia

With improper haircuts.

October 15, 2026

"Pain"

When hast thou known privation

What knowest thou of strain

When all of this spoiled Nation

Hardly suffereth pain.

October 15, 2026

"Secrets"

When Pluto goes in retrograde

And all the World’s atilt

Deepest secrets are unsealed

   (and nothing stays as built).

October 15, 2026

"Wiseguy"

The girl in the beauty shop

Caught in the corner of an eye

Of course, she's from Ronkonkoma

   (and married to a wiseguy).

October 14, 2026

"Mistakes"

The way to get good at things

Is to mess things up forever

When you finally come to your senses

Learn from your mistakes.

October 14, 2026