Tall thin women

by Michael Plesset

Tall thin women bending in the wind
waves of water anxiously
push the boundaries of good
taste, like people in black
and white movies, flat but
brilliant, smarter than people
now. See the blazing fireplace
in the living room warm and
comfortable and romantic all
of which are gone now people
were better then. Seize the
opportunity to go back whenever
you can before it’s too late,
without the movies and books
and a few people with the memories
we wouldn’t know about
those times.
Some people think the earth is
getting warmer but it’s not
people are getting colder so it
seems that way.

Urgency

by Michael Plesset

Lips unkissed, and loneliness
the mirror brings urgent news
long hallways in hospitals
flowers cheer the sick and dying
young people
with breeding on their minds
a happy sense of urgency
but birds and trees plan ahead
building bridges to the stars
the quietness of warmth
comes like money in the mail
there are reasons like tangled branches
for us to stay together
ignoring the wind
risking life itself for
love and duty
when a better wind comes along
we’ll know it
and fly like dry leaves
all together
and say goodbye to
urgency.