Day: February 5, 2025

The Miraculous Feat of a Stink Bug

I don’t think a stink bug has ever walked on water,
but he’s come damn near close by walking up walls.
He walks up a wall with ease, as if he has adhesive feet.
Astonished, I marvel at his miraculous performance.
I wonder if he could also change water into wine,
though to be honest, I’d prefer the watery miracle
to be water changed into dark roasted instant coffee.
I wonder if that stink bug that really doesn’t stink
could raise me from the dead when I expire.
I guess I’ll just have to just wait and see.

Bob Boyd

She always had to be
in the center of the spotlight.

Her instagram page was
full of photos of herself,
her Facebook page too.

Some unkindly referred
to women like her as
attention whores.

She was otherwise nice,
but I never understood
her obsessive need
to always display herself
all over social media..

And I wonder what will
happen to her when
time erases her beauty
and attention to her
ubiquitous photos will wane.

Bob Boyd

The lady across the way
from my second story apartment
still has her Harris for President
sign up,

as if she is holding on to what
for her is a presidential paradise lost,

as if she delusionally is holding
out hope that like Jesus
coming back from the dead

Kamala will rise again from
the ruins of a dead and
poorly run campaign.

Bob Boyd