Intellectual hygiene…
the Poet declines
That dull antiseptic,
that deadens your mind
Once washed and then scrubbed,
the truth a charade
Academic consensus
—the Muse in her grave
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)
Until Gone
Old memory written,
new words to a song
Forgotten, remembered
—sung once and then gone
(Dreamsleep: December, 2019)
The Last Laugh
Outside the backdrop of the given world,
the emptiness fled
And deep in the recesses of what’s never to be,
contradiction fed
Far beyond meaning and stated intent,
all reasons turned to dust
With nothing to prove and less to embrace
—the laugh at last on us
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)
Masks On Display
Can talking about things,
ever make them real
To describe and define,
what we then try to feel
A mirage of old theories,
their masks on display
Do ideas have substance
—beyond what we say
(Villanova Pennsylvania: December, 2019)