I was sitting staring up at a tree When Basura Cat came up to me She wanted to join my Songwriting group A poet, maker of magic, a troubadour troop I want to write something that people will sing I want to write about nothing and yet everything She had…
It was 50 years ago today, when my grade school teacher, told us to sit under our desks; this was a time when school was a “safe space” in spite of the occasional paddling. She informed us that something was happening about a 20-minute drive away from our location, “Something”…
My cat came to me, lulled into a fog Asking if she was a cat or she was a dog It was such a strange question to hear I picked her up and held her near She said that she was feeling quite confused Day after day, endless stay at…
People are divided more than into two Both sides claim they know what to do Some grab their guns and take to the street Some stay on the same dirt, beneath their own feet I remember a time of peaceful demonstrations When people joined hands and changed our nation Hands…
Oh how my cat did start to pout When suddenly our Internet went out What no Hulu, no Netflix to see? Oh miserable, miserable, miserable me! She was not happy when I suggested a game Instead she insisted I call and complain To a prerecorded voice, that left me no…
As some business’ open across the land My cat simply cannot understand What’s different today, than in the past? Wondering why is everything opening so fast? We can go to the movies and not do our hair Does the virus only go here and not there? What’s this new, news…
This morning, I pulled my cat by the tail and asked, “Basura, have you been reading my mail?” She was sitting in letters, all in a mess Each of them with my name and address “No”, she replied, as she obviously lied “I thought they were for me!” she cried…
We got a magazine in the mail for free Basura exclaimed, “That could be me!” I could be in a model, that’s the thing to do In magazines, TV and Victoria Secret too!” “Think of how all the people would talk When I saunter up and down the catwalk I’d…
It was just an ordinary day Another with At Home I Stay It had been hours since I’d seen my cat I started to wonder, where she was at I looked in her bed, top to bottom Searched every season from summer to autumn I searched though my socks, cupboards…
As I was recording my stay at home song Basura said, “You’re doing it wrong Get up from your seat; I’ll add a new beat While I’m mixing, go fix me something to eat." So, I fixed her a plate and when I got back She’d added something called a…