free verse poems some fiction, some nonfiction
Why do some people have to
suffer mental illness
through no fault of their own,
nothing they did to deserve it?
I hate the unfairness of that,
as if they’re slighted from birth.
Disadvantaged more than most,
sometimes debilitated.
Of course, some go on to do
great things.
But, why did they have to suffer
mental illness when most do not?
I wish I could wave a magic wand
and rid the world of mental illness.
And set all people with mental health
conditions free permanently.
Bob Boyd
I don’t believe in a hell per se.
But I can imagine a hell in the afterlife.
Being in a place forever with some
people you didn’t like in this life.
I once read people you don’t like
would be likable in the afterlife.
Somehow I just can’t believe it.
I really don’t think some people
could be changed, even by death.
But I hope I’m mistaken –
just in case.
Bob Boyd
Many people in this world vanish.
Some are never found.
I’ve heard some do it on purpose.
And I’ve wondered what it would
be like to vanish with a new identity.
I imagine it would be a bit exciting,
like starting a new adventure.
In a way I’ve vanished before
when I relocated from one city
to another city and began a new life.
Bob Boyd
David M. Jacobs, Ph.D. after 40 years of research
says aliens are creating hybrid humans called hubrids
he believes their long term diabolic plan
is to replace the human race with hubrids
Bob Boyd
I have an ex-wife in the afterlife
who was an exceptionally good person
but left me home alone far too much
maybe things will be different in the afterlife
Bob Boyd
If I could change the world
I’d eliminate the killing for food
I’d find a nonviolent means
for the acquisition of sustenance
Bob Boyd
I learned long ago
an I will always love you
is not necessarily a given
that you can always count on
Bob Boyd
Often women degrade men
with phrases like toxic masculinity
they should take a look in the mirror
at their toxic femininity and their Missandry
Bob Boyd
Nearly every week I read
about another female teacher
arrested for student sexual abuse
makes me wonder what causes this
Bob Boyd
Wars keep happening
will they ever end
maybe not until
nukes destroys us all
Bob Boyd
I’ve been listening to old Art Bell shows,
and I’ve gotten hooked on them.
I like how Art Bell was interested in the
paranormal and life after death.
Since he died in 2018, I wonder what
he found out.
And I’d like to meet him when I cross
the threshold from life to death.
Bob Boyd
There are bed tents for sale now.
You can buy them on Amazon.
They’re not just playrooms for kids.
They’re tents for grownups too.
I think they could keep people warming
in winter and save on electrical costs.
You’d just need extra blankets and
two Japanese hot water bottles.
The tent would hold the heat in,
like people in tents in cold weather.
And the hot water bottles would suffice
as an excellent source of heating.
Bob Boyd
I never could get into camping,
bugs and beasts not for me.
The worst to me is having to
relieve one’s self in the woods
without a bathroom’s amenities,
like a toilet and toilet paper
And not being able wash myself
with a warm bath or a shower.
I don’t see camping as fun.
I see it as a deprivation of the
conveniences of civilized life.
Bob Boyd
I meet women in dreams all the time,
often alluring women I’m attracted to.
Sometimes romantic feelings arise with one,
but I wake up knowing I’ll never see her again.
These dreams of women have got me thinking.
I’d like to meet a girlfriend in a dream some night.
I imagine she’d be like an angel in the afterlife,
and that we’d be together forever when I died.
Bob Boyd
The group saw the UFOs glittering in the sky
they cheered and yelled hello hello hello
the UFOs flashed green lights at the group
incinerating them into ashes upon the ground
Bob Boyd
Imagine if all these alleged cryptids sightings,
Bigfoot, Dogman, Jersey Devil, et al
were creations by aliens set periodically
upon this planet.
Sure it’s a bizarre idea, but imagine if it
were true.
To venture further into the absurd, imagine
if cryptids were toys alien kids played with.
One reason I bring this implausible theory up
is that UFOs are often connected with Bigfoot.
This makes me seriously wonder if there is
an alien connection – at least with Bigfoot.
Bob Boyd
A woman in Texas says she has seen Bigfoot, and that he made birdlike sounds trying to talk to her.
She said she felt he was making overtures to her, and didn’t try to communicate with him.
So she left him scared, and later that day gave him an offering, a fresh baked pie she put outside her house.
She believes he accepted the offering and ate the pie, and she has put other food outside for him since then.
She has an adult son who lives with her and claims he has heard Bigfoot near her house many times.
Both of them were on Art Bell years ago telling their Bigfoot tales, and most of the callers believed them.
I don’t know what to say about it except that the tales were compelling and the woman seemed genuine.
Bob Boyd
I hear the werewolf’s howls coming closer to me
I hope I’m safe in my home with the doors barred
in case my home is not werewolf-proofed enough
I have holy water and wolfsbane just in case
Bob Boyd
As a teenager I worked in a greenhouse
with a younger Puerto Rican kid who believed in diablo
I didn’t; he said go in the woods at night and call him
he got the best of me, no way was I going to tempt fate
When a man is looking for the perfect
woman for him,
she does not exist.
He may get lucky and find one that
comes close,
but she will not be the perfect one.
Likewise with the perfect man for
a woman,
he doesn’t exist either.
Best you can do, man or woman, is find
a good one,
and hope she or he is perfect in loving you.
Bob Boyd