Jason E. Hodges's Blog, page 6

Lamb’s Quarters

Lamb’s Quarters
I see you
And
Your kind
Growing in the
Sludge filled runoff
From
This oily parking lot!
You look healthy enough
To eat
But
I know better!
Your
Bluish purple stem
Is
More than likely
Flowing with
Chemical carcinogens
From
Dripping car motors
And
God knows what else
This city has been fed
To keep it alive? 
Cancer salad
Is not on the menu today
Yet
Cancer seems like it
Is
Everywhere these days!
It has to be
Coming from somewhere?
The world
Is slowly being eaten
By the mouth
Of
Greed!
Livestock...

Martian Sky

I feel like I’m looking
Into
A
Martian Sky
This morning
A splotched pink skyline
That looks like it was
Painted by giants
With sponges in hand
Glowing behind these
Pink patterns pressed
Into the puffy white clouds
Are
Swirling
Red and yellow lines
As far as I can see!
It seems to me
I’ve written a lot
About the sky
Over the years
Or
Maybe
It’s just my inner thoughts
These past few days
Wondering
If anyone
Ever looks up
From their phones
To see past
Their screens
At the world around them?
Above them?
The things that...

Judge

I can only judge By What I’m shown So please Show me truth Or Be the best at lying! Do your job well So I’ll have Something to smile about! Like a pig Being lead to slaughter Lead me with Your best deception Your finest performance I do require a skilled liar A skilled deceiver   By this point In my life Because many Have come before you With Tasty desserts of deceit Lies of such Mesmerizing beauty Any truth at all Was impossible to see!   So today Cut me down fa...

Lincoln

Your Eye

When
Something’s in your eye
You want nothing more
Than to pluck it out
And
Yes
To pluck out debris
From one’s eye
Can be
Quite painful
To dig into one’s self
Can be unbearable
But in order to move forward
We must pluck out the painful
And
Fill our souls with hope
That the pain never returns
Pull the knives
From
Your back
Or
There’s no use
In moving on at all!
It’s these hard learned lessons
In life
That shape us
And
At the same time
Show us who we really are
As people
So
Remember
To forgive is powerful
To not remem...

Tornadoes

To live through
A tornado
Is a terrifying thing
Indeed!
Over the years
I was told tornados sound
Like a freight train
Rolling down the tracks
Straight for you!
So
When I realized
What was coming for
My family and I
It made it
That much more
Terrifying
Than anything
I could have ever imagined!
For
The hand of death was close
And
Only moving closer
A violent deafening mown
With
An underlying sound
Of
Trees snapping
Power lines
Whipping wildly in the wind
Rain and darkness
A blinding wall of power
Inching closer
And
C...

Smog Sucks

Bars

Monarch Butterfly

Monarch Butterfly
Maiden of beauty
Queen of flight
Your wings are
The color
Of
Tangerines
Dressed with spotted
Black dots
That smear together
As one
When you fly and flutter
About!
You seem like you
Maybe floating on
Something beautiful
Like the music of
Melody Gardot
Or possibly
Madeleine Peyroux?
Someone’s amazing music
Has to be lifting
Your wings upwards?
Floating on notes
And
Melodies
You have to be!
Your journey
To me
From
Across the sea
Is
One I hold dear
When I gaze upon you
Saying hello
Here and there
Th...

The Man Without A Nose

A man
Came into work
The other day
Who had
No Nose
Just a big gaping hole
Where it once was!
It was hollow
To look into
Empty to gaze upon
A moon crater
A Grand Canyon
Scaled down to size   
My coworker
Was totally freaked out
By the sight of this
The man told us
He had cancer
And
The doctors had
Cut away half his face
A facelift
Of
Lifesaving slices!
He said  
He now
Was going through
Radiation treatments
Chemotherapy
The thought
Came to me
As it does every time
I run across
Yet
Another e...