Americanisms

Americanisms, Arcus NY, 2013 - 38 poems in English, mainly on social topics

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BIPOLAR LIFE

With my money and my devotion
I was building my family house…
Unemployment, bankruptcy, foreclosure…
      Where do I go with my spouse?

I tried to live my life in compliance.
Went my affirmative path…
Drug abuse, molestation, gun violence:
      Why do they keep me harassed?

I was working out to improve my health,
to be fit for my job and my life…
HBP, diabetes, obesity:
      Would you care at all if I died?

In the park how nice are the roses!
They're decorating my day…
Alzheimer’s, osteoporosis…
      I'm on my way…

New York, 24 February 2013

I'M FINE!

Having a heart attack,
I was in distress and crouched
over the pavement, as you
compassionately approached.

"Are you OK?" you asked
by my situation alerted.
I uttered: "No problem. I'm fine!"
gasping, my voice distorted.

I could be dying, indeed,
by an ambulance taken,
but under no circumstance
my image to be forsaken.

If my weakness is seen,
if I become immobile
in need of real help –
you'll be the first to rob me!

New York, 28 February 2013

BE POSITIVE

While finances require drainage,
though with problems, I am all right.
In the distribution of damage
I'm on the receiving side.

It's a trick to avoid foreclosure –
unemployment & blocked credit card…
At my bank I tried to negoti-
ate me raw as healthy Swiss chard!

I'm not poor, still a bit underprivileged.
Challenged, screwed up, still, I'm pro-life.
I'm committed to keeping my image
positive in the strife.

New York, 25 February 2013

A BLIZZARD

As we went home after work,
it started snowing.
The evening traffic was in lock-
step, hardly flowing.

Still full of people, Bx12s
crept "Out of Service."
It wasn't going to go well,
we feared, as always,

for we had nowhere to hide
in snow, like hounds,
while limos wouldn't give us a ride
on legal grounds.

New York, 19 March 2013