Sunday, November 1, 2020

Of course there are

 

Of course there are
Some, geez,
Flat passages
But who are those
People waiting
On the ferry
When the tea
Is hardly brewed
And visitors most
Like cover the hole
Of earthly life
A sort-of
Enduring quality
Caught up in
Door- to- door






Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

Saturday, September 12, 2020

Some detail of

Some detail of

A new work

In progress

All for just

My imaginary friends

Has taken hold

Where relentless

Jokes are held






Tom McGlynn

copyright 2020

Thursday, September 10, 2020

Where few of

Where few of

My works reside

Finding them was

Always thought that

But honestly I wish

 

You can’t pin

Any of this on

Me of course

When the old

Problem of quality

Over quantity

Has run out

Of short division



Tom McGlynn

copyright 2020






People are still

People are still

Using impact

In stupid ways

 

When your stories are

No longer available

If you send them home

I hope they have a great visit

 

The human chain

Can make up

For lost causes

A willing bondage

 

Even fabulous

Dinner conversation

Would not be able

To robot myself

To that wheel 




Tom McGlynn

copyright 2020

Wednesday, September 9, 2020

Starting to think

 


Starting to think

That any one

Having thirst tasted

Can’t even describe

This in-person thing



Meanwhile on the same tree

(With different branches)

All the cross-disciplinary

Warning and explanation

Was singing without hearing

Spoken to write- in (once, again)

The name of the father



Ever wanting to master

A folk instrument

I idly picked a thread

Revisiting my experiment

With that kind- of

Steady unraveling




Tom McGlynn

copyright 2020

Saturday, August 15, 2020

This update on quality

 

 

This update on quality

Of life projects

Is brought to you by

Reimagining Space

 

Your estimated

Time of arrival

Is totally in the mail

 

A friend told me

This inside story:

“What if the unknown

Is devoured 

By the military

And political class”

 

Would that it

Were a mistake

To apply black and white

To an entire spectrum



Tom McGlynn 

copyright 2020

Tuesday, July 7, 2020

A reminder

A reminder
To us all
The most patriotic
Act as if
Freedom isn’t free

Pulling out of Bethlehem
They had it going in
Alchemy and injustice
For all

Once there were forks
Watering the valley
Before whose name
Was now forgotten

We “the people’
Take exception
To your exception

Never give up the ghosts
When you can work them
Into a machine

In God We Trust
Here’s a quarter
Call someone
Who cares





Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

Monday, June 8, 2020

This performance

This performance
In which I shall dance
As well
Survival skills
Made up
Of what was
Found there
Little more than
Happy birthday
So by magic
No work experience
Required every bit
As powerful


Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

Friday, May 29, 2020

Though very niche

Though very niche
Nowadays
Everyone who is
Also famous
Have become
Distant housekeepers
I’m no better
At being wrong
Than anyone
How calming
That can sound
Great nations are built
On the backs of bastards
Hoping for a name
Listen I
Wasn’t aware
There was no such
Thing as free stuff
In the heat
Of the day
You can’t get
Behind the sun
Since when is
This monumental fuss
Getting very real

Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

Thursday, May 28, 2020

A big plus

A big plus
More than ever
Feels like there’s
Not enough
Minutes in the day

My hands hurt
From wringing
Out the excess

How one does
At this altitude
Is beyond me




Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

A darker

A darker
And slightly
Less-cropped
Version
Of my feral
Tendencies
Not quite capable
Has been put
In its place
The sound of
Crashing reality
Over today’s
Great warbling





Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

Amazing abundance

Amazing abundance
And scarcity
Where visibility
Equals death
Can keep to itself

Biding time
At the top
Of your lungs
Will get you drawn
Into a crowd

What I call
A perfect sunset
Hasn’t been yet
Adequately fed

Where on earth
Is everything
I need at hand



Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

Anyone looking

Anyone looking
To get with
Me worth life
Changing results
Alone to provide
For us
Bedazzle me here
In the wide space
Between words

And please let me
Know when
You find out why




Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

The trouble with

The trouble with
Anti-heroics is
That against a
Background of
Multiples of each
History flatters them all

And only with
The advent of
More countless
Unaccounted
Will the heavens
Be founded
Much for inviting
Invincible suspects



Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020

The language of resistance

The language of resistance
Isn’t married to miles
Due to short comings
And goings
Charged with
Meaningless burden
Loaded with enlightenment

The best thing to adopt
Would be ignorance as
Good as your knowledge

Why I can’t never
Get a witness
Nobody nos
Since when is
Ever enough



Tom McGlynn
copyright 2020