Buck For A Tooth

                    A squirrel's shadow s c a m p e r s

                                        Oblique in the morning light

                                    Puffy tail held high, heedless

                                            Of the grey mound of fur

                                                Chattering its annoyance

                                                        To all of the world

                                                        That won't get out of its way.

Outlast Diss

I'm still here;

You're all gone.

Long forgotten

And dispelled.

Except as a worthless

Object of disgust.

To be rarely recalled

Upon a rictus of hatred

And then dismissed;

Banished to the depths.

The mire of unconscious

Where all the unwanted

Unpleasantness dwells.