Plus cela change

I am an olive
me I am a blackcurrant
My color is green says the grass
your color is purple, accuses the elephant
I am what I am
acceptance?
In this world no!

Richness perceived

Through American eyes
I see our little European home
for the first time:
it is tiny!
Through fancy eyes
I see my little French village
for the second time:
it is small!
Through outer-European eyes
I see my life
for the third time:
I know I am rich!

20 minutes?

Humor your spouse with humor
otherwise you will die
laugh of your own idosyncrasies
and your spouse's - in private!

Know that we are all mortal
Cesar will salute the dead
just as he was saluted - with knife wounds
ah - how little we all are -
how big we all want to be.

In 80 years the world as we know it
cease to exist in this jolly mode.
Yet in Iraq and other wars hampered areas
your day may stop to exist
- in 20 minutes or less!

Bel-Ami

Bel-Ami
charming as only the novel's character
lover of many women
cannot comprehend
why the ladies do want him for their own,
he loves the world
therefore the world must love him back
and if he should have more than one,
it doesn't hurt
- h i m!-

Wintertide
whirling leftover leaves
dog determined to walk
worms hiding in the dirt
will spring come?

Yuletide
signs up everywhere
shops and on the abodes
in our western world
tingling escapism?

Sleepytide
blooms are hiding
animals hibernating
or lying low
will seedtime burst?