The Right Column


how do you grow grass
in a drought?
I wondered this just
a few weeks ago.
the seeds I put down
did not grow.
They must have
been eaten
by birds.

thought things
would go one
way but I 
can't trust
that they will
so I 
am walking
away (thank you
Kenny Rogers for
such sage 
advice, hope
that I don't 
die in my sleep
anytime 
soon).

Sometimes
when it seems
that the whole
world is 
a grift and
that I can't 
trust 
people who 
I mistakenly 
thought that I
could
I read The Psalms
and they help me
through my
turmoil.
Ultimately
how I fell
and my success
is all me
isn't it?
So if I am
not succeeding
it is just me
too.
What is success?
A warm and dry bed?
Food so you
aren't hungry?
Anyone who
lives in 
America is
already a
success,
so why all the
envy and
finger pointing?

OK, enough.
The sun is shining
between the clouds
and Horseneck Beach
shimmers, I am sure
in the midday light.

29 June, 2008