ebullient

princesses aplenty
and ghosts and goblins too
superheroes resplendent
in their capes
the ghouls float by ebullient
tiny witches practice cackles
cats meow and wolfmen howl
all the people
incognito
cloaked in mystery
time creaks on
becoming history
the autumn carnivale
for the kiddies and us all
treats piled in their bags
the sugar high will last
until turkey
brings somnambulance
with winter and it's storms
a rehearsal for the years to come

underwhelm

so overwhelming the beginning...
so underwhelmed the end
the bang and then the whimper
TS got it right, my friend
no happy ever after
a pop and then a fizzle
fireworks set off
in a never-ending drizzle
and so it is and is again
anticipating joy
expect the least
and but hold on, hope...
here comes another boy

pellucid

grey dampness blankets
obscuring and blurring
making a washed out watercolor
of the world
milky nebulous shapes
drift past like dust motes
in the summer sun
diffuse and distorted
in stark contrast to you
a pellucid beacon
reflecting the best of me
back to me
the full moon
lighting up the darkness
turning the tides
I bask in you

delectation

a panoply, this menagerie
leaves whirl and swirl
like dervishes
in a plethora of possibility
they indulge delighted
banqueting on
the pumpkin autumn winds
cuddling in cardigans
with cider and sunset
for their delectation
and each other for exaltation

slapstick

with timing comically bad
and coordination tragically worse
I tumble and stumble
through this concrete jungle
bumbling at a breakneck pace
master of accidental slapstick
a giddy goof grinning and guffawing
to get through the day
til homeward bound
jostling against the other clowns
shoved in our subway clown car
the greasepaint weighs heavy
and we share a weary smile
to hold the tears at bay

victual

Instagram Food Porn 

it seems so silly -
our sustenance
in victual pixels,
a pictorial plenitude
of all our food,
tasty noms
and photo bombs,
and yet, the yum
I also snap
to make jealous
those who lack
the cooking savvy
to best my snacks -
with a hashtag
for hash-browns
my triumphs paraded
and my culinary failures
in compost degraded
unseen by the masses
so reputation unabated
for kitchen MacGuyvering
meals so inspiring
you'll all be wondering how
to get your hands on my
tasty, delicious, gorgeous, nutritious
delectable, savory, scrumptious, full-flavory
chow

impeccable

require the ideal
and disappointed be
the impeccable
is regrettable
it is an end, a wall
flawless is finished
is cold, is distant
unforgiving

messy embraces
and encases
us all

be the best
of your worsts

so you may be you
so I may, too
so we may amalgamate
and incorporate
and make
glorious the indecorous
flauntingly flawed
bodacious and odd
and delight as we err
ever human