6/22/20

Dipped

‘Dipped’


Before the plague

unleashed it’s sickle

our lives were pickle, 

multicolor stipple,

salt and sweet and sour,

a changing relish every hour.


And now our lives -

homogenized,

All our days

are mayonnaise.  


But sirens slather us in loss,

injustice burns like pepper sauce,

our mouths are spiced in rage, dissent.

Pain remains our condiment.


  • Jason Messinger 6/22/2020

2/14/20

Roses are Dread

Valentine

Roses are dread.
Violets are rue.
Orchids are panic.
Tulips; untrue.

Flowers are horrors.
Jewelry, malign. 
Cards are all sorrow.
But Chocolates? Sublime.