Day: November 13, 2025

He lived on earth
she lived on Kepler 186f

they met when he was
abducted by her

for scientific purposes
spared him the anal probe

interspecies love
at first sight

they even looked
a little alike

but with time
and planet Kepler 186f

500 light years
from earth

the stars in their eyes
went out

and the romance
faded away

like the moon
in the light of day

besides, long distance
romances rarely work out.

Bob Boyd

There are many YouTube videos about haunted churches
I never imagined houses of God could become haunted

but given many churches have graveyards attached
to them for the departed faithful

maybe the dead in those graves rise from the dead
to once again attend church services

maybe the worship, the preaching, and the choir
were all so holy and so good, they could raise the dead

or maybe when dead some of the disembodied became directionless and couldn’t find their way to heaven

so they compromised, best they could do, and
in spirit hung out in their former churches

but between me and you, or you and I, I find even the
thought of ghosts in churches more than a bit spooky.

Bob Boyd

Daddy Longlegs,
the only spider
I do not hate
also called harvestmen
why the hell that is,
I do not know
I’ve never seen
them harvesting hay
or anything for that matter
but wait!
I just learned they
are not spiders
these thin-legged
seemingly harmless
tiny creatures
“make up the
family of Opiliones”
I don’t know what
that family is but
I guess it’s relative.

Bob Boyd