Shake the Bones
by John O’Brien, Jr.
Christmas smells and sounds drift through the house.
The sun is shining brightly. There is no snow
But the cold and wind shake the bones, the panes
Shudder and stress. Sticks against the racing clouds
On the beautiful blue canvas of the half clear sky
Cinnamon and pine and the green, red and gold
Brightly tantalize […]
I’m Heavy When Wet
by John O’Brien, Jr.
The rain falls softly, winter has gone back to fall
The Bucks beat Michigan and the Browns couldn’t quite climb the wall
Leaves are so heavy, when wet - starting to rot
They once drifted so softly, swirling on my lot
Burning reds and orange are now sludgy smelly brown
The RA ache, keeps […]
Yep, one of the idots who broke into the school where I work PT got caught (see yesterday’s blog to catch up). He took the 4 foot snake from one of the classrooms and KEPT it - in his bedroom. Seems he had a cage and food and everything already there waiting for it! Smart […]
I remember, I will always remember November 13th.
The Vacant Chair
by John O’Brien, Jr.
I asked her if she could go home or did she […]
Sons of a !@.$%^&*()_
I have a part time job as director of a latchkey program (afterschool program). The School got broken into and so much was damaged, due to the joy riders spraying fire extinguisher empty - all over everything. So school closed for a day and we had a professional company come in and […]
Have a history teacher explain this … if they can.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents […]
the war that raged
by john o’brien, jr.
My Lonely prison walls,
I put them up myself
but when I look behind me
I see only open spaces, broad green fields
of France
I read your lips
for your voice is too soft,
too musical
to distinguish the high notes
ringing
the porcupine disagrees
and the cloths of heaven tread upon my dreams
Did you hear the epic tale
of […]
Slap Gently
by John O’Brien, Jr.
Its late at nite and I hear your name.
as a beam from the distant porch lite
on a nite of no lite
piercing, silent
a whole orchestra of meaning in
one
little
tiny
distant
lite
tendrils of my response.
Trick from sense to sense.
Night vision goggles
find no heat, no beating heart
to guide them to their target.
Gunfire echoes
shots across the bow
only to […]
New Cloaks
by John O’Brien, Jr.
A secret admirer sends you flowers
Future lover I wonder, do you have ESP powers?
For you overtake my mind, despite the fog and the murk
Dreams become reality, subconsciously lurks
Waiting for the day, thirsting for some hour
The moment we first go beyond, bathe in hope’s shower
and when we dry off, then realize we’re […]
Icy
Cold
Yet even the site of you can be refreshing
soothing, calming
or can fire up my mind and leave me exhausted for sleep
with no hope of finding it.
You tantalize, long, golden brown
or flip, black, turning back all light
You can burn me,
bubble over me as I poured over you
in making you.
And yet, yet
you are what I long for […]