EXTREMES

Justice and malice
sensuousness and bliss
the mind of the child we miss

writing not fit for adolescence
more time in penance
for someone perhaps most
too often the host

words drown the plight
plaintiff shunned by light
shades of dark greys and black
mixed with chaotic sporadic red

striving for truth in rhyme
censorship or cloud nine
or is it me, just me
in sincerity or insanity

hey everybody
a tale of tragedy
Noah^s tale
satyr^s tail

just reward
not flood waters
see the rainbows
hurricanes volcanoes
warfare disease famine
meteorites pestilence comets
earthquakes pollution fire and AIDS

1994