Laid up in bed on this sunny day
remembering the spirit of play...

The tears of the rich flow
because Much is never Enough...

Seeking truth with words
would yield as much substance as...

I am the rooster with razors
strapped to my feet...

Takes a selfie kiss
but who is the honored one...

End of year retrospective
but expect no bargains...

Clouds imperfectly obscure the sky;
light shines through on those...

Aw, Jimmy, ya didn 'ave
ta be the hero, now...

From world travels we two have made
I sift through pictures of our life...

This beauty wasn't always
scrubbing hearths by hand...

Back when animals first came
forth into this shining world...

Always seeking the inescapable:
that ambition to be greater...