Dandelion Sun (rewrite)

The days of
dandelion sun
are gone,
evaporated
like the puddle
that we pretended
was a piece of sky
that had fallen
into the yard.

The moon's
snowy owl
white light
shimmers,
projects shadows
that soothe
me as I embrace
them and
let myself
be absorbed
into their
endless night. - Jeff Barnes

A shameful commentary on our society

Police Car

A police car in
your rear view mirror
is an unsettling sight.

When I see one
I am ashamed to feel
relieved that I am white. - Jeff Barnes

Pluto

My head is like an H-bomb.
I feel my vessels constringe
like a ton of nitroglycerin
packed into a syringe.
I want to go to Pluto
because I belong on the fringe.

My skin is inside out.
Everything has gone astray.
There's nowhere I can go
and nowhere I can stay.
Please take me to Pluto.
I need to be far away.

There's a yawning void above us.
The sky is in pieces on the floor.
The ocean has exploded.
There are skeletons on the shore.
I need to be on Pluto.
I can't stay here anymore.

Everybody seems unconscious.
Everyone's a hypocrite.
Everything is sinking
into a pitch-black pit.
Take me home to Pluto.
It's the only place I fit. - Jeff Barnes

Haiku for May 11

It's Twilight Zone Day.
Nobody seems to know why.
How appropriate. - Jeff Barnes

Deluge

There are storm clouds on my ceiling,
an ocean on my floor,
piranhas in my coffee cup,
and an octopus at the door.

I've got oysters in the attic
and in the basement, a whale.
A shark devoured the postman
as he delivered the mail.

My carpet's turned to seaweed.
There are barnacles on the wall.
I plummet down the steps,
riding on a waterfall.

I float out of the doorway.
The water ferries me along
Carry me, river, take me away
to a place where I belong. - Jeff Barnes