MOVING ON

There are no jack assess
nor elephants on my shelves

Once when young I was offered
the occupation of caregiver
of elephants I declined

Being a member of current society
at any level was circus enough

So I continued down life's highway
garnering about me what it was
I would haphazardly become

Without guilt or anxiety
at least for no longer than
it took to consider the consequence
and possibilities then moved on

As an elder I seldom consider
donkeys or elephants as relevant
to my diminishing existence

Within my own personal fantasies
I allow the world out there
to either screw up or take care of itself

There are at least times I pretend
that I really do not care
about those who die from constant
conflicts and forever unending war

AN IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

The conception of gods
can have been but the
immaculate conceptions
by the imaginations
of the less than immaculate