crux of the biscuit

live strong

life is short
life is sweet
true friends
can't be beat
hope's a gift
nights are rich
days are long
take the time
to live strong

you're the one

like warm meals on cold days
your love persists and satisfies

our time together
wraps an endless reign
of gifts packed in
mists of memory
bouquets strewn like
stars in the sky
fading beneath cool
translucent wisps of
evening fog

have i told you today
how wonderful it is
to be with you?

march in america

big beefy bully boys
in monster trucks
flying wind thrashed
american flags
roaring up and down
intimidated main street
thoughtless creeps running
rampant like paramilitary
pinheads taunting the
land of the free

december in america

lights on houses
decorated trees
sports on tv
babes in toyland

proud holiday cheer
feasts, loud laughter
public joys
secret sorrows

november in america

arrogant athletes
arrested for assault
american foreign policy
bullies the world

an empire sees itself in charge
others see the hollow vanity
of thieves and scoundrels
cultural terror stalks lawless lands

october in america

world series home runs
monday night football
homeless folks in winter coats
crisp fall air

two billion dollars in halloween candy
politicians behaving badly
coast to coast denial
birds migrating south