The world is on sale
and also on fire
30 percent off all you desire
gifts under the tree
are the world’s pyre
-Gene G. McLaughlin 2019
Tag: twitter poems
The Sprawl
When God looked outside himself
He did not see love hate
Water fire sulfur salt
He saw possibility
In all its infinite glory
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
Fluctus Virtus Defluxit
Rome had elements
We now call by different names
We judge them harshly
Assigning their actions blame
Are the sounds of Nero’s fiddle
And strikes of the golf ball the same?
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
Tomorrow
I’ll take what moments I get
I’ll try to say something true
I’ll unclench my fist
I’ll follow the wind with my eyes
Tomorrow
Gene G. McLaughlin 2017
June Summer Night Sounds
Singing birds &
A musical ice cream truck
Sound like they’re conversing
On a warm summer night
Discussing the events of the day
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
Need Is The Driver
For the world to be off the rails
It would have to have had them
Need is the driver
There is no Lego playset
Just selection
Gene G. McLaughlin 2014
