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A young woman on a train
stabbed to death
a woman asleep in a subway
station, set on fire, burned to death
a high school teacher
murdered in her home
a couple sitting in a movie theater,
gunned to death
random murders by strangers
nowhere is completely safe.
Bob Boyd
I once read a post from a magazine article
that claimed hot Asian women were a given
but Asian men were unattractive
utter nonsense
just as many Asian women are undeniably attractive
so are many Asian men
imagine an Asian guy reading that insulting bunk
being a male, I naturally favor the women
and agree with the assessment of many Asian ones
but I dislike unkind people dumping on the looks
of Asian men — or men and women of any race
I once heard the same about people in the UK
attractive, unappealing, said an American woman
I felt she needed a new prescription for her contacts
there are plenty of fine looking people in the UK
but all this talk about looks is so superficial
more important is the heart, the essence, than fleeting looks
this reminds me of how when younger I often met
women who were unattractive to me
until I got to know them, and they
became beautiful like lovely, unfolding flowers.
Bob Boyd
Breathlessly, gleefully Marcy told her friend Nancy
she met her soulmate using an old Ouija Board
her soulmate told Marcy that though she was bodied and he was
disembodied, one day they’d be together forever
and handsome as hell, he began meeting
Marcy in dreams
amazed, encouraged, Nancy borrowed the Ouija board
thinking easier than a dating app
surprisingly, miraculously, Nancy met her soulmate
with the Ouija board too
13 mornings later, the ladies, 25 and 26 years old
never woke up on that tear-stained dark day
a catfish demon went into laughing hysterics
delighted with his bountiful catch
now Marcy and Nancy sleep with the dead
the Ouija board enticing others
in the dark and dusty thrift shop where
Marcy first saw it.
Bob Boyd
to want to know
really know
firsthand
about the mysteries
the wonders
of the
Great Beyond
thus I welcome
Death
the usher
who will lead me
into the theater
of the afterlife.
Bob Boyd
I found two old friends in the online obits
left this world before me
wondering where they are now
wonder what it’s like there
are they in a cushy afterlife
or embarking on a blast off
into another earthly life?
are their transitions permanent
or just temporary?
some people claim they know
the answers to this
heaven or hell
I don’t think it’s that simple
I think it’s far more complex
and probably unknowable
for any one in human form
who hasn’t been there yet.
Bob Boyd
You might disagree with me on this
and you have the right to be wrong
just kidding
no definitive way to prove if I’m right
or if your wrong
or if were both right
or both wrong
besides this is all conjecture
I believe the gods of yore
from all over the world
were like conduits to
the Divine
I believe the Absolute
would honor those conduits
to It
I don’t think any of the devout
were wasting their time
in their pursuits of these gods
their worship of what
I see as
essentially
expressions of the One
and speaking of gods and such
consider Gneesha
the Remover of Obstacles
who couldn’t use a
Remover of Obstacles
in their life?
Bob Boyd
After listening and reading so many ghost stories
of late
I’ve become 100% convinced ghosts are real
all these people alleging they’ve seen ghosts
can’t all be
liars
deluded
mentally ill
mistaken
pranksters
the numbers are too great
many of the reports seem entirely creditable
for me to believe none of them are bona fide
but what I’m grateful for
is I’ve never seen a ghost
except
maybe
in a dream.
Bob Boyd