Mental Health

Retirement Express

April 17, 2012

Harold was usually nervous at work and home, worrying he couldn’t survive ten more years arrogant supervisors, indifferent coworkers, and rude customers, so started naps after work and earlier bedtimes and weekends in bed sleeping away years thankful to miss.

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Norwegian Fascist Salute

April 17, 2012

norwegian anti muslim anders breivik sieg heils in court to commemorate blowing up eight and shooting several dozen kids next time anders breivik sieg heils court orders fascist arm amputated and used as club

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Newspaper Alert

April 16, 2012

Harold was usually nervous at work and home, worrying he couldn’t survive ten more years arrogant supervisors, indifferent coworkers, and rude customers, so started naps after work and earlier bedtimes and weekends in bed sleeping away years thankful to miss.

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Iron Women

April 15, 2012

iron curtain lifted and shoved into bones of women looking west

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Soul

April 5, 2012

stranded soul implodes

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Mind Afire

April 5, 2012

mind afire doused with gas

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Flowers

March 6, 2012

flowery serpents crawl into lungs

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Female Beverage

March 6, 2012

she kept drinking and the phone stopped ringing

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Pruning

March 3, 2012

Alice liked to save money. She scoured newspapers and tabloids to find coupons. She drove across town to pay few cents less per gallon of gas. She never dined in restaurants or went to movies. She hadn’t taken vacation since husband died twenty years ago. She mowed lawn until arthritis forced to have dug out…

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Work and Retirement

March 1, 2012

Bill liked job until Thursdays when mind and body tired. Then he craved weekends but got bored by Sunday afternoons. He fantasized about learning to enjoy free time, and made lists of activities, but had been profligate in youth and could not retire.

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Animals in Office

February 22, 2012

swine snorts at talent wish i’d wonder if too late reptile darts and hisses insinuating problems exist wish i’d wonder if too late hyena snarls at herself through others wish i’d wonder if too late

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Oral Alarm Clock

February 21, 2012

deep voice grinds my name too early every morning

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Just One More

February 20, 2012

said have drink come on let’s party least one more now no one listens so exhorts himself

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Whitney Houston, 1963-2012

February 14, 2012

one beautiful as whitney houston who made star spangled banner soar and moved heaven singing i’ll always love you may harbor soul broken as man in gutter and seek relief same way To watch Whitney Houston sing the National Anthem before the 1991 Super Bowl, please click here

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The Right Room

February 9, 2012

first time on puerto vallarto tour quite hungover stand at basin looking into fright woman pops up behind and says sir are you aware this is women’s years later long sober at bakersfield movie women enter one says what’s guy doing in here leaving rapidly forget to say heat intoxication

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Baby Food

January 6, 2012

mother grabs baby food jar on counter empties food rinses inside top back on knifes two holes then puts torn match book cover around hollow pen shaft shoving in smaller hole burns and cuts copper scrubber into other hole ready for rock soon ablaze

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Drink Vacation

January 1, 2012

had too much last night or wouldn’t have left underwear stacked in motel rushing to early mexico city flight * * * proud had attracted beautiful senorita in loud bar but regretted smile disappeared shortly before she did

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Strange Custom

December 27, 2011

strange custom tolerates crude women squatting behind gender

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Nightmare Returns

December 26, 2011

many years vowed never would again but defiled mouth and head convinced really had awakened

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Teddy Bear

December 24, 2011

mommy and daddy had rooms full of smelly chemicals rotting teeth and making act crazy and now at night i don’t even have my teddy bear cuz police said it’s contaminated Source – Performing Arts Christmas Extravaganza in Tehachapi, December 17, 2011. To read “Wired in Bed,” please click here

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