"Amnesia"

I'll move to French Polynesia

To work on my tan

There I'll suffer amnesia

   (forgetting what I can).

November 7, 2026

"Problem"

The problem with Vladivostok

As a likely place to retire

Is that the women of Bangkok

Would likely go haywire.

November 7, 2026

"No"

Unless a song

   mentions Mexico

      it's got no place

         to go.

November 4, 2026

"Wiseguy"

The girl in the beauty shop

Caught in corner of the eye

Of course, she's from Ronkonkoma

   (and married to a wiseguy).

October 14, 2026

"Forgiven"

When they put the Greek guy in

In a town founded by Romans

You're forgiven for overlooking Brits

   (and the colony they founded).

October 4, 2026

"Rome"

I thank Rome for Londinium

Where is a stadium across the sea

Mostly, I thank NFL Premium

For porting the game to me.

October 4, 2026

"Mars"

Though your effort to be free

Cost a trillion bucks

How good could Mars life be 

Without a single Starbucks?

August 29, 2026

"Skeleton"

On my return to Searsburg Mountain 

A year or two hence

I'll look for bone and skeleton 

Of those who climbed the fence.

August 27, 2026

"Sucks"

I'd go crazy on Mars

Without a single Starbucks 

How could I live without cars?

I hear the highway system sucks.

July 4, 2026

"Home"

Outshining the glories of Greece 

Outshining the glories of Rome

Reveling in virtues of peace

Grateful to call it home.

July 4, 2026

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"Stench"

I'll learn Greek and Latin

   (polish up my French)

Then move to Manhattan

   (if I can stand the stench).

June 22, 2026

"Bump"

When I make my move to Paducah

   (gathering things in the still of the night)

I'll bring with me my bazooka

   (for things that go bump in the night).

June 19, 2026

"Blue"

When I build my cabin in Kentucky

To take after Daniel Boone

I'll learn how to be happy-go-lucky

Staring at the blue moon.

June 19, 2026

"Knife"

Living the crunchy life

Somewhere in Vermont

Is not for the nonchalant

   (unless you've got a knife).

March 5, 2026

"Caved"

When will this town be ready

Ready for me again

Ready to recall the me

Before the World caved in.

September 11, 2025

"Drunks"

I was never much on Boston

Not the band, nor the town

Especially not the Irish drunks

   (who work to drag us down).

May 12, 2025

"Apocalypse"

There we were in Badger's space

Where he built the ships

Even this historic place

Felt like apocalypse.

April 26, 2025

"Stones"

Standing in a glass house, throwing stones

   You have better places to be

Like sitting in the airport writing poems

   (just one might set you free).

December 31, 2024

"Dangerous"

An entire region

With unpronounceable names

Where militants are legion

Playing dangerous games.

December 10, 2024

"Disguise"

If you're passing through Altoona

And you have a taste for fries

Steer clear of the golden arches

   (unless you're in disguise).

December 9, 2024