
Pac-Men multiply: sought by too few upside-down lily “ghosts.”

Pac-Men multiply: sought by too few upside-down lily “ghosts.”

So many historic figures
whose look we think we know.
Did Jesus of Nazareth sport
hippie hair & a halo?
Perhaps, he did have quite long hair
but not the tawny blonde
of which so many "portraitists"
seemed to be quite fond.
The Shakespeare that we recognize
is drawn from memory.
Kings oft declared true depiction
a form of treachery.
Past commoners' appearances
are lost in bygone days.
We know Van Gogh from a mad mind,
and know him thirty ways.
Do you know whose look we do know?
Every teen now alive.
There're pics from every angle
stored on redundant drives.

one butterfly:
with so many eyes
that cannot see.

weary sunflowers
turn their backs on the sun:
heads bowed.

late Summer:
the last days before
reed heads fluff.

fallen blossoms
carpet the ground,
mottled by sunlight.

I cannot be one.
I cannot be lost.
I cannot buy my entry
at a payable cost.
I cannot be three.
I cannot be boss.
I cannot isolate: diamonds
from the dross.
I think I can be two,
just the me & you.
our two could be one,
like two planks form a cross.

buds & blossoms,
in vibrant red, gussy up
a dreary cityscape.