HOW MANY TIMES

how many times can a person die?

live and die? live and die?

as many times as it takes, old friend;

to get right, old friend

living, dying, living, dying.

until dead, my friend, until dead.

suddenly feeling so much alive. 

alive, old friend, alive.

lay myself down so long;

old man, health near gone.

hanging on by a thread.

weakness creeping on, on and on.

not long now. then all gone.

old man sings of death;

then going, going, gone.

cringe, hinge, either or.

pick one. tenacious in the wings.

stay away from there;

tenacious is not good.

a monster of sorts, sort of.

ah! the rigors! devils they are!

tenacious and rigors together;

even hell will suffer; suffer large.

stay away from there!

social media: friend or foe?
well, that's the question, isn't it?
jury still out on this;
not expected pack anytime soon.
but we know this:
social media is scary and getting scarier.

when a person has too much
 time on their hands;
stuff like this happens:
writing, photos, and such.

oh well, there worse things, I guess. 

be not dismayed, dumbfounded.

just think alibi.

in this day and age, alibis are,

oh so very important.

never leave home without

at least one well established

alibi at the ready.

always, always have an

alibi at the ready;

cannot stress this enough.

take it from one that knows,

one that's been there,

without a solid alibi.

take it from an old broken down

poet, nose in pocket, 

pants on head, one hand

holding on with other 

hand letting go; 

all for lack of an alibi.