Guilty Secret

It's not a thing I normally discuss,
       but I have got a touch of OCD.
If no one knows, they cannot make a fuss --
       it's not a thing I normally discuss.
I sit in the same seat on every bus,
       and, counting, skip the number twenty-three.
It's not a thing I normally discuss,
       but I have got a touch of OCD...

56º and Sunny

I concentrated far too much on death,
        and somehow missed the violet and the crocus,
and sharp green shoots that sucked the sun like breath.
        I concentrated far too much on death;
ignored the rose, or some such shibboleth --
        let pure, prismatic joy escape my focus.
I concentrated far too much on death,
        and somehow missed the violet and the crocus.

Mitchell Geller