"Seething"

When you're so done coping and seething

And you're done putting on a show

It's as if you're no longer breathing

And you're left out in the snow.

June 22, 2026

"Arsonist"

If you linger too long at a church

That later burns to the ground

You facilitate the search

For arsonist-seeking sleuthhound.

June 22, 2026

"Stench"

I'll learn Greek and Latin

   (polish up my French)

Then move to Manhattan

   (if I can stand the stench).

June 22, 2026

"Abuse"

A curious part of Love

   abuse, abuse, abuse

Has me asking God Above

   Really, what's the use?

June 22, 2026

"Fight"

When you're tired of getting everything wrong

And you're willing to put up a fight

Just write yourself a good country song

And things should start coming out right.

June 19, 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

"Protest"

Algae in the Reflecting Pool

Is certainly cause for protest

But invasive plant life, as a rule

Often makes a stubborn guest.

June 18, 2026

"Run"

When you're an oyster farmer

With your mother your only client

Perhaps you should run for Senate

   (if the voters are suppliant).

June 17, 2026

"Weed"

Everything's an invasive weed

From the beginning of time

If you identify an evil seed

Make sure it doesn't climb.

June 15, 2026

"Scream"

When a 40-year-old goalie from Cape Verde

Is facing a formidable team

He must have his very best goalie day

To make his countrymen scream.

June 15, 2026

"Beat"

When you romp the tournament opener

Against a team you should not beat

Knowing you must now face Australia

Makes it bittersweet.

June 13, 2026

"Paddy"

When you wake to mountain breeze

Flowing through the cabin

You know you live a life of ease

   (up from paddy wagon).

June 13, 2026

"Trick"

When you score on a long-throw goal

What will be your next sweet trick?

These guys who came all the way from Seoul

Might destroy your aesthetic.

June 12, 2026

"Frayed"

When you drive a Renault Dauphine

And you think you've got it made

You're drinking too much caffeine

   (and you missed your true decade).

June 12, 2026

"Beater"

The downtown buzzer-beater

Surely wows the crowd

But the tapped-in missed-shot winner

Is easily as loud.

June 11, 2026

"Over"

I thought I was doing so well

Getting over you

Then I found a new Hell

   (discovering it's not true).

June 8, 2026

"Forgot"

I'm structuring my life in such a way

   (and it's working, day-by-day)

That today I can truly say . .

   (I forgot all about you).

June 5, 2026

"Summoned"

I want to be Bulldog Drummond

Just to drive the cars that he did

I feel as though I've been summoned

To London to spend a few quid.

June 5, 2026

"Forget"

Something about the quiet evening

Watching the Sun go down

That makes me forget

All about you.

June 3, 2026