CARTOON HEAVEN I just checked out of Purgatory, Let’s not go there; It’s another lifetime, And a rather painful story. When I got where I was going, It was really a thrill To find all my old friends Were with…
What Is Truth? Emotions are confusing, Neither sequential nor distinct. They can disappear or rearrange Before your eye can blink. Hence, for guiding action, Emotions are quite suspect. A better resource, some suggest, Is your good-old intellect. But for asserting…
A POEM ABOUT NOTHING Here’s a poem about nothing. You should sit down and read it — It really is something! It’s a herd of words without a home, Nor any context upon which to roam. It exists because it’s…
OUT OF OCEANUS Year of the Consulship of Lucullus and Cotta When your ship rose out of Oceanus, I wished my worst nightmare had come true, Because the monsters I imagined Were lambs compared to you. Two legions from Louron…
HOW AM I TO JUDGE? The more brute force required, The less a creed is desired.




