The Afterlife

Not working is so freeing
Used to think
I
Couldn’t live
Without working but
I
Was helping people
For a living and
I
Saw that as being
Like a mission
I
Had so many successes
Did so much good
I
Didn’t see it as about me
Like Service working through me
I
Often felt euphoric when everything got fixed
Because of dedicated caring efforts
I
Miss the helping but the afterlife
will afford greater opportunities to help
I
With all my heart and all my soul
believe that awaits me

Bob Boyd

15

Often I
Wonder and wonder and wonder
Why the world is overrun
with evil with evil with evil
I suppose if you believe in a God that gives an evil entity
Satan Satan Satan
Carte Blanche on inflicting evil upon the planet
That can
Reconcile, reconcile, reconcile
The ungovernable infamy
All over the world
But that just doesn’t work for me
And I still
Wonder and wonder and wonder.

Bob Boyd

An Injustice

Perching in trees
Gliding in the air
Craftily sourcing food
Dropping nuts on the street
For cars to run over and crack them
Never forgetting human faces
Sometimes bringing gifts
To people who feed them
Demonized in horror movies
An injustices to the noble bird species
Crows

Bob Boyd