The birth of the Zernographomatic Dazzler

There were several decisive moments
during the assembly of the gornmeter
adapter relay when Dilbert Snively came
close to hittiing the Panic Button . . . .

Unidentified shining

strange lonely lights shiny and lonesome
weird glowing orbs in the sky
alien beings hovering nightly
they never come near us
and the people ask why?

odd luminescence off in the distance
remote tiny spots in the sky
alien trippers waiting for something
they never come near us
and the people ask why?

winking and blinking lights unfamiliar
they hover and hang in the sky
strange foreign creatures waiting their moment
they never come near us
and the people ask why?

1968

TROLL

THE TROLLS COME, THE TROLLS GO
2010

Un Named

what's a bird
supposed to do
when he is down
below the blue
as if were clipped
his wings lift not
he crawls along
as if he was shot
he slogs along
but can not fly
he tries to laugh
but wants to cry
he slowly walks
and sometimes falls
he stays behind
his mortal walls
limping sadly
through the times
he pays the price
for guesswork crimes

September 1979

Bear Morgan CEO of the FRAPPIS DOG FOOD COMPANY

BEAR MORGAN, Dog Food Export 2010

The Marathon awaits . . .

During the training for The White Rock Marathon
1987

After sailing on the Lake of the Pines

clouds were stacked
in mottled heaps
upon the western shore

we sliced the waves
while heeling low
our troubles were no more

pink and purple
clouds were ours
and so was time that day

warm sun and laughs
came falling down
and naught was in our way

the blue green hills
were miles away
and we slipped the mortal coil

we laughed and loved
the day away
forgetting earthly toil

blue-on-blue
as skies above
bore clouds so soft and free

time was fine
and it was ours
for only you and me . . . .

August 1979

DeVillering Animatius

Sub-Strata Class Frappicite

stranger . . . . .

stranger, do not follow me
i did not ask you for your name
i did not ask you why you came
stranger, all dressed in blue
leave me be i don't know you

stranger, do not follow me
i did not ask you here inside
i did not ask you to abide
stay back inside that darkened hall
flattened up against that wall

stranger,do not follow me
i did not ask you for advice
i did not ask you for your price
do not follow any nearer
i can see you in that mirror

stranger,do not follow me
i did not ask you for your heart
i only ask you, please depart
do not touch me with your eyes
i'm not fooled by your disguise

1977

Jerry Berry

Jerry Berry
took a wife
and then he
wasn't single

they had
twin boys
within a year
and named them
Goose and Dingle

1979

Antique jar and reflected leaves

Pastel chalk drawing 1973

gone

she's gone, she's gone
her memory will fade
like colors in a photograph
with edges torn and frayed

she's gone, she's gone
she never will return
often when i think of her
i feel my torn heart burn

she's gone, she's gone
like a raindrop in the sea
loosed upon the populace
she's gone away from me

she's gone, she's gone
a slice of life we shared
often in my retrospect
i leave my feelings bared

1979

Woman with bulldogs

They're not all mean . . . . 2010

Are they really cats?

sad cats, the cats
that still hunger after
last night's prowl
cats, too sweet to kill
they still hunger,
oh, how they cry
their tears still hang
suspended from their whiskertips
like transparent opals
even as they curl
inside their power sleep
we know not why . . .

1973