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Impossible Things

Audio Recordings / tagged Aging, Alice in Wonderland, Belief, Faith, Fantasy / October 11, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The queen had believed, when young
as many as six before breakfast

The trick dear Alice
though you weren't told
is doing it when you're old

There's one now...

Trying to Imagine an Imaginary Friend

Audio Recordings, Family, Nostalgia, Ranch Life / tagged Childhood, imagination, Play / October 10, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

(for the Marcil Brothers)

Never had one as a kid
which could be attributed to
a lack of imagination or space

I make up it was the latter
every house we had was plenty full of and we did make up stories after dark
and take the parts of local heroes
who drove big trucks and drove them fast

If any of the sibs had a pretend co-pilot
they never let on as they careened
full speed and filled the room with
kicked up gravel on their way to fame

Jeep

Audio Recordings, Family, Ranch Life, Remembering, Travel / October 9, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Dad had a Willys Jeep
That took us to school for a while

In the wet it was wet, in the cold it was cold

Our baby teeth bounced from our jaws
And bruises covered every bum

We knew that it was built for war – it felt like war

Back-Door-Quick-Steps

Audio Recordings, Farm, Nostalgia, Ranch Life / tagged Bathroom, Humor, Latrine, Toilet / October 8, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The outhouse was
a hundred paces from the door
twice as long in winter

Language to describe the trip
as colourful as the orange wrappers
a seasonal break from catalogue pages

The pace of our trips
dependent on diet or minor disease
we even had some words for these
worthy enough to be a title of a poem

Image by Darya-Greengrey from Pixabay

Full Moon at Weaning Time

Audio Recordings, Cattle, Cows, Farm, Nature, Ranch Life / October 7, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Cows, calves and coyotes
full throat under moon all night
Nobody sleeping at the ranch

Prompt credit: Wally Meili

Corn Moon

Audio Recordings, Nature / October 6, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

The corn moon is a pumpkin this year
one veggie as nourishing as another

What have you sowed for harvest now
what will you sow for next year's moon

Bitcoin Dreams

Audio Recordings / tagged Currency, Dreams, Fatigue / October 5, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Apart from the currency of crime
a big complaint
is the energy expended in the mining

Sometimes I feel
the same about my dream-mining mind
and how tired in the morning

Odd

Audio Recordings / October 4, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

What are the odds
that there could be

That many coincidences
happening to coincide with me

If Not For Bullies

Audio Recordings, Personal Growth, Relationships / tagged Forgiveness, Learning, Understanding / October 3, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

If not for bullies
I would not have learned
how to be a coward or a bully

If not for bullies and time
I would not have learned
compassion or courage either

If not for bullies
I would not have learned
one of these days
to thank them

Subsistence Wage

Audio Recordings / tagged Control, Dignity, Economics, Poverty, Struggle, Work / October 2, 2025 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Peons have no need of pockets
all will be spent on food and rent

Any more or less and they
become a danger to the state

And yet their songs and laughter
like Mary wash the savior’s feet

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