back to the grind(er)

Disruptive life of communal living. 

People have different hours. 

And different priorities. 

Mums and pansies 

Only in Texas.  

Like watermelon and pumpkins. 

Side by side. 

I put my medicine cabinet together 

With Joseph’s help. 

I had my Oktoberfest 

Beer and a hamburger 

Since this was to be my vacation 

Up in Hays Kansas. Le sigh. 

Vote. Vote. Vote. 

Not today, Exxon 

Vote Blue no matter who. 

My polling place was a church 

That supports BLM. 

Tense times. 
That’s for sure. 

That’s all we know.  

50 years ago, I imagined a world 

Where equality was the norm

And women were respected

And kids weren’t sold into prostitution. 

How did we take such an awful bad turn? 

When the young people today

Reach power, maybe they can change things. 

We’ve had 60 years. 

And it just got worse.