Don’t Think About It

You don’t have to think
yes, yes, really…
you’ve made it…
you’re here…
even if you sit alone…
drinking alone…
you’ve made it big.

Your thoughts are just a sport
that bounce about in your closet,
it’s best to keep that door shut
or they’ll all come tumbling out
helter skelter, willy nilly,
too fast to keep score.

Don’t think about it,
thoughts are best kept under wraps.
Can’t sleep?
Don’t think about it.
You have nothing to fear, or do you?


There’s the monster
that hides under your bed,
the ghost that shrieks in the night.
Haunting only you.
Nightmares, night sweats,
is it after midnight already?
Where’s that night light?
Why not leave all the lights on?
No need to see those shadows on your wall,
dancing, frolicking throughout the night.

© Copyright Tom Wawzenek 2024




My Neighbor

My neighbor is building a nuclear bomb
right in his backyard,
he has all the parts,
a do-it-yourself model.
He does make me nervous because
he has a proud smile on his face,
that same smile
when he had bought
his snowblower last winter.
He became a one-man snow-removal machine,
he plowed sidewalks, driveways, alleys,
for blocks around him
testing its strength and capability.
And now he has a nuclear bomb,
his latest pride and joy.
Will he test its strength and capability
just like he did with his snowblower?

© Copyright Tom Wawzenek 2023




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