Living in a Paradise on Earth

First, she brought joy to his heart.
He couldn’t stop thinking about her.
Her smile lit up his entire life.
Spending time with her was like
living in a paradise on earth.
Eventually, they married,
and they were such a happy couple.
Then she got a job where she
met many new female friends.
Not long after that, she began
spending more time with her
new friends than with him.
And his life became like a
country western song,
“Isn’t It Lonely Together.”
Despite many arguments,
she never changed her ways,
until he had to escape the
gnawing loneliness.
He left the paradise on earth
that became a paradise lost.

Bob Boyd

Dating Interrogation

He met her on a dating app.
Refreshingly, she was as beautiful
as her photos.
But she incessantly probed him
with questions, as if he was
applying for a corporate job.
After her questions became
too personal, he said, “Please
enough of the questions.”
She said, “Okay,” gave him a
dismissive look, and walked away.

Bob Boyd

The Spider Lady

The first time I visited her
I saw she had spiders
in her old house on
webs in the corners
of her spooky living room.
I found that creepy as hell.
She said they brought her luck.
I wondered about her sanity.
I knew I had to get away.
I never called her after that day.
Two weeks later, I got a package
from her in the mail.
I opened the package.
Creepy spiders crawled out.

Aliens Among Us

Of course it’s preposterous
of course it’s unbelievable
that aliens could be among us
but what if it were true
maybe hybrids created in
an alien laboratory in the sky
maybe shape shifters
shaped like humans
hard to say
maybe happening this
very day
perhaps you passed by one
last week or yesterday
maybe one is your neighbor
maybe one is reading this

Bob Boyd

Citizens of the Afterlife

Like many people who have lived
long lives, he’s alone near the end of his.
It’s kind of the way he wanted it,
peace in his shrinking years.
At least he’s still independent
not in assisted living or a nursing home.
He looks forward to his death
from a world he no longer fits into.
He longs to join the many he knew,
citizens of the afterlife.

Bob Boyd