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did we

by

Howard Kraus

did we laugh
yes - what fun
all we wanted - then
did we fret
probably, but i forget
did we live
we had our time
did we think
who could foretell
did we fail
hard to say
can we go on
what other way

the fish and the flea

by

Howard Kraus

the fish and the flea

have common ancestry

both monkey and man

are of the same clan

all creatures on earth

are related by birth

when the horse was first born

all expected a rhino

but where is his horn?

darned if i know

when came the giraffe

the midwife did laugh

what can it be?

a beast or a tree

when the first donkey arrived

its parents did howl -

in a litter of five

three cows, this ass, and one owl

mutation has made

for different appearance

but to one family tree

all share adherence

cosmic rays from the void

into genes do crash

too random to avoid

creating much biologic trash

dust to dust, cinder to cinder

time is a broom

that nothing can hinder

Duelitism

by

Howard Kraus

Does spiritual being predicate physical being
or vice versa and on what occasion ?
Metaphysics has flopped and is a
deserted weedgrown monastery
The mental condition of each successive decade
grows more and more agitated as
Plants communicate through leaves and stems
Across intervening vastness and through
massive bulwarks
Pyramids sharpen razor blades and boil phosphorous
The philosopher sits in his library
Linking ideas like jigsaw pieces -
What happens if you unite the two
forces in the universe
Is a mutual cancellation of opposing elements
But if it can be demonstrated
that a single mystic energy
propels time
Then the dichotomy of dualism will
indeed yield to the supernatural
From which the yin and the yang
derive their immutable ontology
Then the citadel of human faith
Will not become the madhouse of reality
But will perch inviolable upon
the bedrock of illusion
And will be to all who seek ....
dung dust

risking woman

by

Howard Kraus

risking the mutilation of
the fearsome machinery of woman

woman must fear
man's rude strength
man must dread
woman's calm indifference

and her ability
to enclose
and release
and her touch sensing the
hidden proof of his weakness
and the concealment
of his shame

she calls forth and absorbs
the surge of
his energy
contorts, coils, contracts,
like a beast
he is captured

risking the clawing
risking the
ripping
flesh
the piercing cry
bleeding
mingling of blood

risking the mutilation of
the fearsome machinery of
woman