Acme Life Preserver Loans, Inc.

Washed out and dead 

Tired of trying to keep 

Your head above troubled waters 

In a sea flush with sharks? Why not 

 

Drop in and float 

An exclusive Lifesaver Loan™ 

With us? Once you decide to 

Take the plunge, we’ll have you 

 

High and dry, head over heels 

And walking on water straight 

To the Promised Land no

Strings attached. 

 

 

 

Haiku: Don't Look Now But

A well’s planted here 

Between two thin cypresses— 

It’s full of eels' eyes.

 

 

 

 

 

Poem Of Your Life

Finding the right 

Words for it should not be 

 

Your sole concern,

But if it is, learn how 

 

To make the best of it. 

 

 

 

Consummate Cos Organic

with- 

in 

 

its 

cool

 

leafy 

green 

heart 

i 

like 

 

to 

think 

 

there 

are 

two 

spotted 

 

red 

and 

black 

lady 

bugs 

out

 

making

pure 

whoopee. 

 

 

 

Shakespearean Wordplay

Analogy resembles 

 

A world bespoken, 

Made-to-order, incomparable 

To compare, say incarnadine, 

 

Lest we should flesh out 

Those bloody incongruous 

Seas of filth abiding us there. 

 

 

 

 

 

Haiku: American Gothic Success Story

Worked hard—making it 

Hard to hear the sound of scythes 

Hissing near his ear.

 

 

 

Unfinished Business

Left to my own 

Faulty devices, I find 

 

What I no longer have 

Any need of keeps 

 

Lagging behind, reminding 

Me of what it is 

 

I am missing— 

A friend in need.