Thank you to Mark Antony Rossi for publishing there two poems in the March issue of Ariel Chart.

https://www.arielchart.com/2023/03/removing-his-name-from-their-friends.html

Removing His Name From Their Friends’ List

 

 

They’ll regret the odd, oily tyrant,

with a macho twist on his way to a rough nowhere,

trying to see if he could run down

the Earth’s battery 

by using his profane lure to breed thralls,

turning a casual incident, a regular idea,

or random reference into a burn,

the censured odor of sabotage.

 

He, the first to suspect strange talk

of those who won’t comply 

with the rules he imposes, 

or the hodgepodge of antics 

few have felt would benefit themselves,

loves to sit at the bad table,

and brew up vague chaos.

 

The irresponsible ruler who only decrees

conduct highly disavowed by everyone 

but his own ego.

Sonder

 

Each person you pass on the street,

holds the strange beauty of a strange life.

 

We all breathe the same air,

and will die without it.

 

Avoid narrow-tipped assumptions causing you to fail

to invest the time to know 

peculiar characters, rough hewn and angular,

who enjoy the talents 

of spontaneous, unplanned actions.

Some leading a saintly life on reverent missions,

others bearing subdued pain kept inside.

 

Many individuals have skeletons in their closet

that dance for them.

 

Indeed, your own closet also bears your tales.