Day: January 17, 2026

In my youth, I had a friend
who was incredibly handsome
he probably could have had
boatloads of beautiful girlfriends
but he said he preferred
the plain janes
but his idea of plain janes
were anything but plain
describing them as plain
was a misnomer
to me, his plain janes
were far more appealing
then what he saw as
the beauty queens
besides as many know
the greatest beauty is
within the mind and heart
and not at all plain.

Bob Boyd

Hey, if you’re a ghost reading this
what’s up with haunting old houses?

Believe me, where I dead and disembodied
floating around with haunting options

I damn sure wouldn’t be hanging around
a dusty, boring old house

were I up for scaring the bejesus out of people
I’d find a more peopled haunt

maybe a night club with upcoming bands
and the embodied often acting crazy

but since I don’t imbibe spirits in this life
I’d probably find a better haunt

come to think of it, I’d probably float around
the planet and maybe explore other planets

instead of spending who knows how many years
or centuries stuck in a dusty old house.

Bob Boyd

A guy who doesn’t, I should write didn’t,
believe in the disembodied
explored an old abandoned house
the air chills, he senses evil
hears manical laughter
the door through which
he entered the house
slams shut with a thud
he cannot suppress his fears
tries to get the hell out of the house
he cannot open the shut door
struggles to open it
with all his strength
afraid he’s going to die
in that house and become
part of that evil
mercifully, he eventually
gets the door open
scrambles out of the house
leaps into the safety of his car
which does not start
zombie like ghosts begin
to approach his car
as his car grinds and whines
and still will not start
as if the spirits have control
over the engine of his car
until it finally starts
and he races far away
from the house never to return
and a believer in the disembodied.

Bob Boyd