Time Bandit (+2)

Has the future made a profit

by selling out your dreams

Marking up expectations,

closing out self esteem

Interest bearing hopes uncashed,

wishes in arrears

Creditors loom, the past foreclosed

—tomorrow paid in tears

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

Falling Petals

Asking for support and not your agreement,

I looked into your eyes

Seeing rejection, a stare blank and cold,

all connection was untied

Words became hollow, our rose only thorns,

a new distance did we share

Alone while together, the ending in sight

—reality laid bare

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)

The Future Of Our Cities

“Violence broke out again last night

in Gotham…

“No arrests have been made”

(Villanova Pennsylvania: August, 2020)