The devil
not leaving ...
still in my employ
Our contract
most simple ...
once signed to destroy
He offers
me riches
beyond every dream
And smiles
the smile
his depravity screams
Contented
to wait
as time has no measure
Within his dark
fortune
damnation a treasure
But once
out of wishes
the reckoning comes
To bathe
in the mire
— of eternity’s scum
*********
Red Coats & Tempests
If history
interred
in the shallowest
grave
Freedom
reborn
in a desperate
age
Throughout conflict
and eras
they march
hand in hand
History
for certain
but freedom
must stand
The attacks
on its drafters
and champions
combined
To carry
e’er forward
and forever
remind
That values
held precious
and tenets
held true
With blood
and with treasure
be defended
anew
Until
decades and
centuries
have given it form
And through
red coats
and tempests
— to weather the storm
********
Let Freedom Ring
The decent opinion
of humanity
is the lever
that changes the world
The defense of that
opinion has bound us
into a country
that history will herald
The tenets and phrases
defining
what the patriot
and free man requires
Contained in our
most sacred scripture
by Jefferson
— and others inspired
**********
Death Before Dishonor
Crushing the hardest stone
besting the vilest foe
Raising the highest flag
sinking the deepest hoe
Living one for the other
in unity we stand
Death before dishonor
— upon this sacred land
********
Safe Passage
Your words
are most attractive
They sit
above your form
To tell of deep
encounters
Inside
where truth is born
They float most free
above you
A literary
crown
To guarantee
safe passage
And speak the truth
— profound
(The New Room: June, 2026)
*********
Red Coats & Tempests
If history
interred
in the shallowest
grave
Freedom
reborn
in a desperate
age
Throughout conflict
and eras
they march
hand in hand
History
for certain
but freedom
must stand
The attacks
on its drafters
and champions
combined
To carry
e’er forward
and forever
remind
That values
held precious
and tenets
held true
With blood
and with treasure
be defended
anew
Until
decades and
centuries
have given it form
And through
red coats
and tempests
— to weather the storm
********
Let Freedom Ring
The decent opinion
of humanity
is the lever
that changes the world
The defense of that
opinion has bound us
into a country
that history will herald
The tenets and phrases
defining
what the patriot
and free man requires
Contained in our
most sacred scripture
by Jefferson
— and others inspired
**********
Death Before Dishonor
Crushing the hardest stone
besting the vilest foe
Raising the highest flag
sinking the deepest hoe
Living one for the other
in unity we stand
Death before dishonor
— upon this sacred land
********
Safe Passage
Your words
are most attractive
They sit
above your form
To tell of deep
encounters
Inside
where truth is born
They float most free
above you
A literary
crown
To guarantee
safe passage
And speak the truth
— profound
(The New Room: June, 2026)