Discarded One

Discarded One

Abandoned despot,

Living in a garbage can,

Wonders where his life has gone.

Used to be someone

Worthy of being counted,

But now… just soiled refuse.

Cold Sweats

Cold Sweats

Awoken.. sweating;

Wiping pennies from my eyes,

I hear their hopeless whispers…

The wallowing damned,

Scratching from shadowed corners….

Why won’t they let me slumber?

Have You Tried Turning IT Off And On?

Have You Tried Turning IT Off and On?

New technology;

Promising to lead us forth…

Into the brave new future.

Failed technology;

Gleefully sends us crashing…

Back to the barren Stone Age.

The Spaceman's Lament

The Spaceman’s Lament

By Brandon Palzkill

Lonely wanderer

on a barren desert world,

empty parsecs all around.

Cosmic castaway,

searching for his ticket home,

and finding nothing but sand.

Good Morning

Good Morning

By Brandon Palzkill

Starry-eyed sunshine,

emblazing the inky void

with a celestial glow.

Solar rain, falling;

drenching our cells; feeding us;

global photosynthesis.