finding a video
with no views
uploaded nine hours ago
someone put their Heart and Soul
into it
but how do they advertise
to six billion people

maybe on a billboard

Turning on the VPN
pretending I'm on vacation
in some exotic land
I've only read about
on Wikipedia
instead of visiting the sights
and sounds
of a wonderous culture
choosing to marvel
that they still have
How I Met Your Mother
available to stream
at 3 AM
on a Tuesday

Tuning the radio
desperately looking for a song
I once heard long ago

a major cord, a simple rhyme
bouncing around the back of mind

what year did I hear it?
what year did it come out?
these facts would help me
remember

it was sung by a man
(or was it a woman?)
no it was definitely
wait

Man, I don’t know. If you’re going through it and need to write some bad poetry, all my strength to you.

#poetry (1/4)

I was there the first time the world ended
as we heard the news
we could not find the words to express
the pain
the anger
the uncertainty
of what happened
though many words were said between us

The bus stop
did little to block
the wind
the rain
but where else could you wait

“Exact change only”
searching my pockets
but all I had was
a button
and some gum

suddenly a stranger
hands me two dimes
and a quarter
“We gotta watch out
for Each Other”

at the end of the ride?

the Skies were Blue

Here we go again
for the first time