fungus ain’t a critter take no for an answer.
fungus ain’t gonna get up and go
just because you say go.
black mold on the rug, black mold in the carpet pile,
white mold growing on the underside of the bed,
boudoir smelling of the mushroom patch.
bleach, ammonia, soap—so what?
fungus the critter own the original deed,
ink indelible, parchment unburnable.
burn down the house? and all the goods inside?
fungus be a spore, float away on the smoke,
go live someplace else.
be waitin there when you arrive.
(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)
look at all this food!
on top of the fridge, i’ve got
a bag of corn chips, a can of peanuts
(roasted & salted), and a box of crackers.
inside of the fridge, i’ve got
bananas, berries (blue, straw, and rasp),
corn still on the ears (three!),
a loaf of whole-wheat bread,
an entire pound of pure cheese,
and a gallon (!) of low-fat milk,
(fortified with vitamins).
it will be days, maybe even a week,
before i’m hungry again.
(Copyright 2023 by Tetman Callis.)
“Do not laugh at notations; invent them, they are powerful. In fact, mathematics is, to a large extent, invention of better notations.” – Richard P. Feynman, The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I