Poems by Bob Boyd

A housefly lives 15 to 30 days.
I wonder if to that fly
those 15 to 30 days
seem like 65 to 95 days
in a human’s life.
But doubtlessly it
fares better in its old age
than humans do.
I’ve never seen a housefly
in a wheelchair, using a cane
or on a walker.
And I’m reasonably sure
it doesn’t have senior moments
or end up in a nursing home.

Bob Boyd

It amazes me how the world keeps spinning
and never misses a beat,

how flawlessly it works without anyone knowing
it’s spinning day and night,

as if it had automatically greased gears
that it spins upon anonymously.

It amazes me more that people and life
go on oblivious to the spinning,

as if the world was never spinning and
always stationary in the same place.

Sometimes I wonder what would happen
if the world got tired and stopped spinning

and if that would ever be a real
and disastrous possibility.

Bob Boyd

the day opened
with the sun rising
the flowers unfolding
the grass greening
the birds chirping
the insects crawling
humans waking up
humans growing up
humans getting old
humans dying
humans crying
until night fell
and everyone
and everything
fell asleep

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He hated her.
He wondered
why he
married her.

He wondered
how he had
ever loved her.

And how he
missed all
the glaring
red flags
when they
were dating.

And how he
lost his mind
and foolishly
fell in love
with her.

Now that
she’s cheated
on him, he
smiles and
loads his gun
to end her
and him.

Bob Boyd

Everything they did
to look charitable
required cameras
and tip offs
to the media
to film them
doing their bogus
good deeds.

They had to make sure
the news saw them
as they were not.

It was all for show
and had nothing
to do with charity.

It was all to advance
their failed businesses
and vain self promotions.

They fooled some
people but most
people despised
their nonsense.

Most people just
wanted them to
go away.

Bob Boyd

She exhibits herself
on Instagram
with a bazillion photos
and a bizillion poses
this bothers him
not just because
of the egotism
not just because
of all the
look at me’s
but because
she’s his wife

Bob Boyd

He never cared for snobbery.
He disliked being labeled a commoner.

But he liked the king and the queen.
They were humble.
They were caring
of the people they served
and seemed to truly love.

Despite being royalty,
they never allowed their titles
or their royal rank
to amplify their egos.

They never acted superior
or dismissive of even
those thought to be
the commonist of commoners
that other commoners
thought they were better than
because they were to them
lowly farm hands and laborers
just like him.

Bob Boyd

Her existence seemed pointless.

Her life had been disappointing.
She never achieved her dreams.

Her love life had been a disaster.
None of her relationships worked out.

Her mind was in tatters.
She felt like ending her existence.

Until a hungry, stray cat
clawed at her door begging for food.

She took the cat in,
fed it and cared for it.

And she felt the cat
was like the start of a new life.

Inspired by how much
she liked having saved the cat,

She got a job at an animal shelter
and loved working as a caregiver for animals.

And found fulfillment in her work
and in her life.

Bob Boyd

She truly had
the sweetest voice
I’d ever heard.

She was petit
and so adorable.
I loved her attention.

Sometimes it was hard
to get her out of my mind.

Because of the over
50 years between us,
I couldn’t cross that
age gap line.

But, oh, how I
wished those
years could have
been close enough
to be with her forever.

Bob Boyd

It was great to have had a girlfriend
until he realized she dominated all his time
and always nitpicked and nagged him
and seemed to thrive on arguing with him.

He thought he was in love with her
until he realized love wasn’t supposed
to lead to unending arguments and ongoing turmoil.
She must have been thinking the same.
She left him after a chaotic year.

She was disappointed when he didn’t beg her to stay.
He didn’t want her anymore anyway.
When she left, he was relieved,
His peace and harmony restored.
And he’s been on a break from love
for over ten years and he’s living a tranquil life.

Bob Boyd