Day: February 16, 2025

Throw those faceless young men
into a pointless war
and see what happens
with our flesh and blood
experiment.

It’s really all a game to see if
we can change a little country’s
politics to one more palatable to us.

And so what if we lose thousands
to young and horrible deaths,
they’re just faceless and
inconsequential to us
and entirely expendable.

Bob Boyd

She always dressed so nicely
when she was young and free
and had a beautiful figure
and a prettier than average face.

After she got married, she
no longer dressed as nicely
and put on 40lbs of weight
and lost her looks.

Her husband who looked happy
when they first got married
walked around looking so sad.

I could see their marriage
had its obvious death knell
and wasn’t surprised when
he left her for a woman who
dressed nicely and had
a beautiful figure and
a prettier than average face.

Bob Boyd

I remember a book about plants
and their so-called secret lives.
I wondered what secrets they
had. Any indiscretions or lies?
Any rebels or saints among
them? Do some lead criminal
lives stealing or killing other
plants? Besides silently talking
to one another, what other
secrets do they hide within
their quiet petals. And do they
have an overlord in the sky
that they fervently pray to
and ask for forgiveness too?
I guess I should read that
old book of secrets and see.

Bob Boyd