Day: July 24, 2025

I knew a guy who was always calm as a rock.
I couldn’t understand how he always seemed
to have an unruffled demeanor.
He had the kind of calm I lacked, impossible
for me to stay calm as a rock, unshakable
as a stone.
I asked him one day he was always able to
always remain so incredibly calm.
He said it’s all like a ruse. I’m a nervous
wreck inside. I just hide it well.

Bob Boyd

They are quick to insult others
in online comments, chats and forums.
They sometimes say evil things like kill
yourself without a twinge of conscience,
without a care for the effects of their words.
I think they must have some evil in them
to take satisfaction in meanness and in
attempting to harm others with insults
behind the anonymity of their computers.
But then again, some humans are born
psychopathic and can’t help themselves.
Maybe these online mean people are
in the same category, but that still
doesn’t excuse their hateful behaviors.

Bob Boyd

Upside down, turned around people
in this spinning, topsy-turvy world.
Their behaviors and ideas often lead to
crazy beliefs like the world is flat,
like the exact day the world will end,
like nobody ever landed on the moon,
and other strange beliefs that could
make a rational person’s head spin.

Bob Boyd