sometimes life feels
like eating an
unfrosted
cake,
i feel a little guilty for
craving more
than
the piece plated
already..
but i know there’s
something not
quite
filling about
its taste,
cause..
i want more
already.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.businessinsider.com/cognitive-biases-that-hurt-success-2015-8
mother flashes me
my spoon from
the baby
years,
i never knew
she was keeping
records
too,
only mine are
stashed in
laundry
nook..
of unfinished
basement,
as hers rest
spotless..
in country kitchen
drawer, where..
she can still see,
touch, reuse
them-
still handy,
for..
times we choose
to share in
them.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
illustration by Maisie McNeice at – https://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/ask-the-expert-how-can-i-get-my-two-year-old-to-give-up-being-spoon-fed-34853279.html
this is more than
i begged
for..
and now i pray
for more
of..
what i just
wouldn’t
wait for, all this
time parked..
tapping watch at bell
of kingdom
door.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.bobvila.com/slideshow/great-entrances-10-welcoming-garden-gates-47556
it’s an easy
enough..
morning, so i
will shut
up..
and
drink up..
all that floods my
beggar’s
cup.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
illustration by R. Fresson at – https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/mar/17/streets-britain-rich-poor-uk-beggars
your smile smacks
of tangerines
dripping with sunny
yet dewy..
mountain air
reeking of
fresh
foot crushed
berries
and..
your blood’s
my sweet
juice.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
painting by Angela Faustina at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/8866530505530580/
in home lacking
stable..
you were warm
breaths
from
the
outside,
a fresh and lively sprite
that showed me
life’s best games
aren’t just for
winners,
kept my head
in dream..
and my hand
in yours..
like a bottomless
box of crayons
through..
those frigid
summers.
..so, i thank you Karen.
when i base the
sole worth
of a vast and
expanding
world
on all that’s clay
formed and
fading,
all that’s true and
enduring
slips
unnoticed past
my view,
and..
i fail to notice
that too.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
painting by Nathaniel St Amour at https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Oblivious/326330/199564/view
you’ve caught me in
another bubble..
give me a moment to
shake it off and
find some
ground,
i’ll climb down now to
meet you for a tea
and share..
in some good old
fashioned
caring,
i’m so jazzed
you’re here..
+++
without your kind
reach, i’d still be
stuck up
there
for
nothing.
Aimless Climber
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorman/?hl=
..now we’re cooking.
painting at – https://www.amazon.com/Original-Painting-Canvas-Purple-Iverson/dp/B01DG1YX2K
grateful for xmas
morning gift
of you.
and all the bags we
drag behind
for me,
and all fits of flutter too
oft sunk in swamps
of our own
discord,
on each lost street
you find
me.
with step away,
you reach
towards,
++++
why would i
ask more?
Grateful Grump
igram: https://www.instagram.com/grumpygorman/?hl=
image by Tai Meng Lim at- https://www.saatchiart.com/art/Painting-Street-Light/315309/3899751/view
..let’s scuff the next dance floor.
i’m another late to
dinner sinner
in heat,
a salad spinner tossing
fistfuls of greens at
sangria sky,
the leafy mess
drips a bit
saucy
for dry old dad
tastes like
mine
but you built the
feast. and
well..
++++
it’s still really
nice you
try,
dear, do ignore the
lemons on this
old dad’s
face,
a few squeezes,
i’ll be fine.
Sour Smirkman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/grumpygorman/?hl=
image: https://www.pickpik.com/man-stress-male-face-adult-young-32727
..sour milked from red eyes
