Kurt Philip Behm

The Ivy League (+1)

Covered deep in

Poison Ivy

A rash that spreads

and burns

 

Its toxic mass

left festering

With younger minds

to churn

 

What used to be

a noble cause

Malingers

in disease

 

Whose vines grow wild

to trap the dark …

That once were climbed

—to free

 

(The New Room: December, 2023)

 

The Smoke Clearing

 

The world collectively

lost its mind

When fires burned

our vision blind

 

From East to West

and North to South

Insanity

 from mouth to mouth

 

The world has finally

woken up

Pundits quartered

their lies corrupt

 

Mobbed together

they screamed on high

But run for cover

—as truth decries

 

(Dreamsleep: December, 2023)