So

Like a

Poet tree

The Etheree

You see before you

Perhaps not as clever

As I’d like it to be, but

I still believe it’s pretty sly

You have to admit it yourself, right?

I mean come on. At least give me that. Please?...

Feathers spread

As bobs the head

The plummage tells the tail

And as the tern

Begins to turn

The path itself migrates

With eagle eye

Do we both fly

Staying abreast of all you do

As we lay bare

Heirs to the air

Their pecking order placed...

We’re supposed to be

Booed up

I should have known

That wouldn’t be the case

You’re so busy thinkin’

About you and them

While you pretend we

Will ever be an us

What’s it like

Having your love returned

And not thrown away?

I’d like to find out

For myself!

But since you’re

Obviously preoccupied

I’ll have to learn THAT

From someone else!...

They stand at the ready

Capable of dispensing such grace

Consensually spilling

So many secrets

Clear and to the point

A fount of notion, knowledge,

And communication

Retention

So hard-headed

Yet so transparent

Always leaving

A lasting impression

At once hard to hold

And easy to embrace

Often exhausting

Their partners

Before exhausting

Themselves

Not as luxuriantly elegant

In appearance

As th...

It's hard to suffer the inept

Inept individuals gum everything up

Up ‘til now I suffered the problems they spread

Spread thin, I couldn’t handle any more

More to the point, we hadn’t time to waste

Waste paper was strewn everywhere

Everywhere I looked, things were breaking

Breaking down, I cried my eyes out

Out in the corridor I heard my associate

Associate Manager, Ananda strolled in

In ...

Whenever I See

Your lovely

Exit, I cheer up!...

My gown is the color of envy

But I've none today

If only my green

Were so saturated

I’m not down, but it's not easy

Nor am I ill

My will perseveres

My brilliant chapeau does not cap my rage

I stand unashamed and empowered

My conviction courageous

My passions plain

To these, I call attention

Sometimes, the hue of my scarf tells my tale

Sometimes truly sullen

And belies my too-trusting nature

It o...

Sundresses and sandals

They bring me delight

The dresses do flatter

But are never tight

Sandals so freeing

Straps soothe and caress

Could I wear them year-round?

I resound with my yes

To watch and to wear

To free all my cares

So happy I’m out

With my feminine flair!...

There they stood on the fire escape

I relate so well to their situation

My station set in empathy

Like me, they have endured so much

Couldn’t touch them for fear of them jumping

Couldn’t bring help to help me handle

The muddle that may have been pending

Was thinking what could I do?

I knew I couldn’t keep them there forever

I’d never gain their trust

I just needed another minute

Had to get it with...

Our city

The Hustle and bustle

Trundle and tarry

Shoulder to shoulder

Subterranean sway

Petrol pushed people

In metal on rubber

Millions and billions of miles

Across asphalt

Thousands of gleaming termites

With no mound to be found

A million feet meet concrete

Repeatedly

As people pass people perpetually

Probably poorly prepared

For their destination

Edible air slowly kills

All its parents

Who...