Those comfort memories
The ones I count on
That
Crawl their way into
My mind and heart
The
Ones I'm most
Fond of
Are those days
The sun was going down
Beaming good night
Crispy apple air
Veil of warmth
And spice
While
Fawning
Over you
Looking out
My car window
Waiting
For something
Different
I know you are
Just  
A daydream
I need to forget

Changing
Your font
Makes you
Harder
To
Read

Mr. T to Mrs. T:
“What month comes after March?”
Mrs. T responded:
“April fool!”

The uncertainty in the world
Makes certain things absolute
The certainty of our love
And reassurance is certainly
A bonus

Can the
Language of love
Be lost
In translation
If it’s not
The language
You dream in?

Did you forget to kiss me?
Did I forget to kiss you?
No
He forgot to say
“Kiss the bride”

Finally
Sealed by the
The touch with lips
Never a day goes by
With a forgotten kiss

Let me follow you all over
And be nosey better than Rover
Let me see what you have
I will get all cozy on your lap
Let me get all up in your face
My whiskers poke your space

Let me lick your feet and toes
You know you like my cold nose
Let me eat my scrumpchies
They fill up my tummy
Let me play with flinky pamingo
I go where she goes

Let me see the cheep cheeps
I wanna catch one with my teeth
Let me hide from the mower
And oh no not the blower
Let me see who’s coming at the gate
In case I need to decide my fate

Let me give you bites
They leave imprints so light
Let me play with water
I’m the mamas daughter
Let me sleep on your bed
For a short nap of my head

I know you will let me
Do all these things I bet
For as long as I live
As long as I can give
Im here for the pets

I spoke your language
With you,
I tried,
But meaning was lost
Meaning was everything
And yet became nothing
I can't speak
Your language
Anymore
It's a choice
You made
Long ago
By fracturing
My abilities
To understand
You

Red roses in the vase
Purple violets in the grass
Too much fiber at lunch
This too shall pass

(You guessed the rest)

Looked in the fun house mirrors
Then walked away in thought
The distorted view of myself
Really was because of the circus

I have so many
Different sides to me
I'm starting to think
I'm geometry

So many things racing

Running through my mind

They could try skipping

Or twirling

Or hopscotching once in a while

Or maybe monkey on a skateboard

Need I say more

Microscopic

Yet So

Macroscopic

All
Wrapped up

In a variety of
Beautiful colors

The gift is ours...
Life

My gift-basket case
Was a basket of regifted
Shrink wrapped
Coupons for social time
With distant people
Who wants one?

Deja vu
Did you invite her?
I didn’t
She showed up anyway
So strange
Next time mix it up
And invite
What’s her name?
Jamais vu

Coming from the deep
Welling up in my throat
The acid from my
Bean, cheese and onion burrito
I wish I was a goat


By:  Evil Snarf and The ****** Poet

Good morning
Is
More than  
A wish
Or
A happiness
I have for you
Seems
An endearment
Is in order
Since we left
Each other
While
We dreamt

No shelter
No in
No place
Some people’s shelter in place
Is right where they are
Sleeping, sitting, standing
In a ***** coat

Sweet date night my love
Hope the melons were ripe
The stolen kisses are in my pocket
For sneaks later to consume
Our smiling eyes above our masks
Told each other
What we needed to hear
From here to all the way over there
There's never a shortage of
Love moods
Holding you close
In the baked goods
If I get sick
You get sick
Our vows cover this
I will disinfect
And push the cart
Instead of pushing the
Envelope of risk
Protecting us from doom
Our grocery date nights
Will now be via Zoom

My happiest place on earth
Isn’t where the giant mouse is
It’s laying next to you
Where restful breathing lives

Silk flowers
Plastic candy
Your own words

Smell them
Eat them
Swallow them

Not everything
Heals...
But
It
Tries

I
Want to be
That one that
Can be
Poured into
A wound
That needs
Healing...

If your heart is divided
And both sides break
What is it called?
Quadruple
Heartache?

I think I see you everywhere
But I can't find you
It hurts when I'm not near you
When you are gone
When Im gone
I feel something
This void I need filled
Where are you?
No matter when or where
The one place
I know you are
My safest location...
Pulling at my heartstrings

I dreamt of a man
I did not know
Sitting next to me
In a crowd of people
Tired and needing comfort
He held me like a baby
His arm around my waist
My head on his chest
I felt so safe
Only a little while...
People started criticizing him
For holding me like this
He got up from me
Starting to walk away
As I was
Looking at him
Wondering "where are you going"?
I still did not know this man
All I could do was watch him leave
He didn't even turn around
As people jeered him
He went away...
I do not think
I will ever
Know who this man
Is

Does the one you adore
Feel like home?
Do they sound
Like home?
How you think
Home
Should be.
True it's
Easy to say
Just go home...
Harder
If the feeling is
Alone

Dwelling on pleasant memories
To hide from the here and now

A coping strategy
Who knew?

The now will always be here
Participate or not

Nostalgia also knows the game
Of hide and seek

We
might
as
well
play

Watching you wait
Tanned from the sun
Your glistening glow
On your week grown dark shadow
In your hot white shirt
Almost too hot to touch
Sitting on a Santorini wall
Your piercing dark features
Looking for me
Waiting for me
While I watch you

Declared myself missing
Posted a reward for my return
Found myself
Collected the reward
And ....
The check bounced

When I ask you if you love me
You say “I do”!
When I ask you if you think I’m pretty
You say “I do”!
When I ask if you think Im a hard worker
You say “I do”!

Then I sometimes wonder why you put up with all my complaints and questions about life and do you really need to hear it over and over and over again,
I remember  25 years ago you said ....,

    “I do”!

Can you make anything
Believable from doubt?

Only in scrabble
Worth 8 points

Something about the light of day
Going away
Everyday
Makes me yearn for
Something more
Puzzled what it could be
Those minutes maybe?
Already missing the warmth
Your smile gives
Filling a heavenly void
I just saw you yesterday
But now you aren't here
Why do you break my
Fragile heart
Every day?
Please dont go
Away
I wish for once
You would turn around
And see my sadness

How was your Valentine’s Day?
Just another day I said
How sad for you, do you have regret?
How sad for me?
I think not!
You’re the one who said
“I take what I can get”

Darkness
So dark
You see light
From the inside
Of your dreams

Had a great idea for a poem
Fell asleep and it turned into a dream
Wish I had written it down
Or at least jotted a note
Posting my dreams
Here
Won't work
It's hard to
Write you
As a font

You’re the only instrument
I’ve ever learned to play
Which keys to touch
Which ones to leave patiently
For another day
Out of tune at times
Then play me some rhymes
But after all these years
Still so much to learn
We have saved all our notes
Joyous and melancholy
Waiting for the next day
To hear the new music we’ll make

I crawled into your day dream
Where the soft cool blankets lay
Safely
Fell asleep
And
That
Is
Where
I want
To stay

Life trials are hard enough
What’s the object lesson teacher?
I will do my best
To pass this test
But please I beg
Don't grade us on a curve