my morning beauty
with breath
worth
mourning, not that
it even matters,
i’ll still steal my
kisses like
Romeo
on a..
rose moon
bender,
we say our good
mornings
though cord on blinds
ain’t pulling
right
and where’d she hide
the bouquet of
black doves
i brought last
night?
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
painting by Harry Weisburd at – https://fineartamerica.com/featured/morning-after-night-before-3d-harry-weisburd.html
thought i heard
a phone
ring..
out in a room
so empty..
the walls began to eat
themselves
out of
boredom, and i
do feel for
them,
thought i heard
a phone
ring,
but when i
picked
up..
nothing.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photography-big-red-phone-white-empty-room-image8660892
she’s the noisy
calm that
tames the boy
inside the
statue
when he tugs on sleeve
for a playground
run about
++++
she’s rainbows when there’s
so little variation..
in the weather of
his current
venue,
or..
condition,
boy’s the staring stone
unknown at
home-
pale in
expression.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
..an excuse is not a reason.
stone by Kaveman Art at – https://www.pinterest.ca/pin/341569952993461129/
painting the walls
with my
eyes
and i dare not blink
for fear the
dry coat
may..
drip down my face
in blue milky
tears,
wish i’d chosen
a paint with
more tint,
all this white just
makes me
squint.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – https://www.thebrainwads.com/blog/2012/08/sitting-and-staring-at-a-wall
let another blue
balloon go just to see
where it would
up and drift
off to,
then i reached up for
you like you weren’t
already part of a
new family,
my feet are blister
stones and all i
want is to be
the air
wherever you
breathe it
free.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image adapted from artwork here –https://fineartamerica.com/featured/dandelion-blue-balloon-artmarketjapan.html
took this photo
of a lonely
tree..
vexed I could not
reach its
top,
and now i reach
for photo
in place of climb
i should have
made..
as i’d now be
sipping
sun
as singing
bird..
not sweaty cold
in stuffy
cave.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
i keep your dark
room dance
tucked away
for when
i’m..
boring or lost
in ‘no wins’
of factless
crimes,
i keep the screen door
unchained..
so, blow in and
twirl your
dark
room dance
for
me
anytime.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image at – http://captivatedbymilakel.blogspot.com/2010/11/dark-room-introduction-pictograms.html
head’s bassline
throbs so
deep
i taste dirt in
the treble,
now it’s
not..
worth the
bother,
so..
i drift into
ether,
and if you see love
can you wave
her..
ship my way
like a
deep space traffic
controller?
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
i’ll let some light in
to brighten all
this blurry,
dust bunnies brush
the ashes from
their fur,
i’m not even
hungry,
though lefover
pizza claims
i am..
++++
i’d pause here
now for
laughter,
but i just gave
you my last
can.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
..please sweep this bunnies from under my dusty old feet.
with ice in my eyes,
i round another
circuit
of..
closed off
conversations
about blandest
store shelf
topics,
when i’d rather spritz
the room with
balmy
nectars of cool
tropic..
seascapes, though
lovely as they
drift by
are the dead-end
points of all my
dreams..
++++
i’m paddling home
through a sea
of clouds,
and..
will shrink back
into my box
thinking,
++++
rounding another
circuit
of..
closed off
conversations..
about day’s top
ten trending
topics
all the while,
sinking.
Grumpy Gorman
igram: https://www.instagram.com/gèèrumpygorm
image by Dani Bravo at – https://useum.org/artwork/Bored-Man-Dani-Bravo-2011
