on this ledge I sit
feet dangling
for no support exist
I clambered up here
as a kid of 6
holding a cake
and making a wish
soon now at 42
the wish will come down and all
will be true
I believe
I am right
I will be paid
for all the nights
the snow [...]
teeter-totter,
see-saw,
scales of justice,
eyes of the guiltless look on,
and implore,
the liberal conservative republican,
full of moral certitude,
calls for more freedom of choice,
with the arrogance of a have,
speaking for the have-nots,
left-right-out,
run run far away from the [...]
You can’t live on a view!
but, perhaps with a wish,
surely a view can live in you?
not so much a dwelling within,
but looking out from a heart,
through eyes,
to skies and stars.
beyond myself,
I stand and stare,
as the world expands quietly,
my skin reaching out hugging [...]
If we only knew inside the emperors head,
or his dreams when he was all tucked up in bed,
Probably dreaming of glory and fine robes,
the magnificent significance he find would in those,
we laugh and mutter and think him a fool,
