Her Income Requirements on the Dating App

Screw dating being about love
money is her bottom line
her nonnegotiable requirement
to be deemed even remotely
worthy of her mercantile amore
if you’re a moderate income
nice guy you’re unacceptable
if you’re a rich SOB, you might be
but between you and me and
maybe her if she’s listening
she’s a bad investment
for your non-monetized
precious, no nonsense love.

Bob Boyd

Monsters

Stories about monsters
dangers everywhere
turn on the tv
read the news
no where is safe
one day a monster might
get you or me
the wrong place
the wrong time
or merely random
a random shooting
a break in
an attack on the street
on a bus or a train
in a church or restuarant
even in a store
by one of the monsters
monsters that are men
sometimes women.

Bob Boyd