My cat thinks that she’s so funny Out of boredom she started making fun of me “I see that you’re not making music, playing out As all of your equipment is just laying about “Basura”, I said, “It’s the virus, no more gigs for a while For musicians like me,…
I was out walking yesterday, trying to combat the overwhelming sense of isolation due to COVID-19. I stick to my neighborhood, turning left here, right there, for about half an hour and then retracing my steps back home. Yesterday, I discovered a little winding sidewalk running behind homes, a path meant for…
When Motherhood, knocked upon my door, I never answered. Yes, it tapped louder and louder as I approached 40, but I turned a deaf ear. It’s not just a choice, it’s a lifelong commitment of caring and compassion, the least paying and highest paying job in life, and I just never…
My cat came to me, swishing her tail Wanting to talk about voting by mail Claiming to have an idea that cannot fail She told me her plans in great detail We vote by mail to vote on voting by mail It seems confusing, on such a national scale Vote…
My cat wants to go and live on the moon She told me that she’s leaving here soon I told her that up there, that there is no air She insisted she’s going, she just doesn’t care She’s building a spaceship made of odds and ends She sending good-bye cards…
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…