winter winds

by nick nelson

an opossum crosses a road a psychopath drives a porsche the woods are quiet all responses are recorded and classified some people never learn a toad waits by the roadside an undertaker looks out the window at the moon violence never solved anything what are you looking at? i am tired of your excuses the yak crossed the desert zero hour is still a ways off maybe the joke is on you after all albert had a deficient sense of humor

master

by anonymous

he sun shines but not on my upper cerebrum the wind blows but not on my lettuce and tomato sandwich the rain falls on my exposed brain i am the master of time and space i know all truths of all times i know all meanings of all words aardvarks blossom in the circus of dynamite elephants flower in the great hall of the escaped inmates jesters and kings share lasagna and mushrooms in the necropolis of the obsolescent you may presume to question my references but sam jones thought my understanding variously wise no wiser, i excused his youth i have nothing to prove, not even to the termites i am ready to go but not just yet

autumn leaves

by nick nelson

an apple falls from a tree a banana travels on a boat a cat sits in a window a dog barks at a human an elephant tramples a vegetable garden a fox hides in the woods a grape is placed in cleopatra’s mouth a hobo sleeps in a haystack i never thought i would see the day the joke is on me a king waves from a balcony a lady sits on a chaise longue, sipping a cup of chamomile tea maybe tomorrow will be better’ never say die