Once a moving man
of flesh and blood
now an inert skelton
of decaying bones

Bob Boyd

Elongated skulls were unearthed in Peru
one hundred years ago
some think they might be extraterrestrial
but nobody knows for sure

Bob Boyd

After he nearly died from cancer
he got a surprising Zen attitude
an unexpected equanimity
the loss of his fear of death

Bob Boyd

In his teenage years he was trouble
kicked out of school many times
at age 21 he had a spiritual awakening
and became a monk in India

Bob Boyd

He’s an old man in hospice dying
a few minutes before he dies
he sees his deceased wife
waiting for him in the afterlife

Bob Boyd

She became a binge drinker in college
She always got drunk at bars
At 2am one night she stumbled out of one
and fell into a serial killer’s web

Bob Boyd

Too Many Young Women Go Missing or Are Murdered in This World

I have watched many true crime show
cases on YouTube videos.
In those cases, many young women are
murdered, their futures destroyed.
Boyfriends or ex-husbands are usually
the murderers.
Sometimes they are murdered by strangers
or serial killers.
The numbers are shocking and tragic,
as if it’s open season on young women.
It pisses me off that monsters of my gender
are responsible for these horrors.
And I cannot imagine how terrifying those
last moments must have been those women.
I hope when they died they went to a place
that erased the memories of their deaths.
I hope it was a better, safer place then this
world that was so dangerous for them.

Bob Boyd

When I was in high school, I thought the kids
called nerds were abnormal.
To a degree I was right, and I had no admiration
for them,
like I did for the troublemakers like myself.
When I got much older and took many hard knocks,
I began to appreciate nerds for their intellects.
I also envied them a bit because they weren’t as
addicted to girls as I was,
and for how had I been like them I could have done
better in life,
and not been crazily involved with many women,
some which brought me trouble and grief.

Bob Boyd

Once when I worked in the retail jewelry business,
I was told never show more than 3 pieces of jewelry.
The reason was with more choices it becomes
harder for customers to make a decision.
I think the same applies with dating apps where
the choices are so many.
I also think that, unlike with meeting face to face
with less choices, people become disposable
and are not valued as much.
I’m like a monk now and too old to bother with
seeking love,
but were I younger I would hate dating apps,
like I hating dating sites when I was younger.

Bob Boyd

Most cats in the Philippines are feral
there’s no pampering for them
they scrounge for food in the streets
theirs is a hard luck life

Bob Boyd

Friends said he could do better
she wasn’t pretty enough for him
but his friends could not see
how beautiful she was beyond her face

Bob Boyd

She married a rich man
loved the money at first
got bored without love
left him for a true love

Bob Boyd

There’s a werewolf after me
I always hear him howling
I hope like in the movies
a silver bullet will kill him

Bob Boyd

The summer sun is here
heating up my part of the world
heat seeping into my apartment
the whir of my fans spinning

Bob Boyd

She destroyed the hopes of my heart
like a bomb detonating inside of me
her weapon of mass destruction
a devastating heart-seeking no

Bob Boyd

People said the turbulent Mr and Mrs Denton
fought nearly every night like cats and dogs
It was no surprise when in the summer of 1977
the wife scratched her husband’s eyes out

Bob Boyd

At age 27 he saw the White Light
bright like the blazing noonday sun
it blew his mind with expanded consciousness
and he was irrevocably changed forever

Bob Boyd

He hears werewolves howling
outside his cabin in the woods
but he’s not worried about them
just his sons on a full moon night

Bob Boyd

A relationship with the wrong person
like a curse upon your life
that can be hard to extract yourself from
hopefully before it’s not too late

Bob Boyd

The guppies in my aquarium
swim blissfully all day long
perhaps when they swim
they experience a fish nirvana

Bob Boyd