SPECULATION

somewhere
in the center of
your thinking
is a door
it may
eventually open right up
or
it may
be stuck forever

         phillips


SYNCH

she cut my hair
so i fixed her spaghetti
getting along alright
ain't a bad method
for using up a day

        phillips

ENIGMAS

and he was in
foreign territory
but was not

and he was lost
but of course
was not

and time departed
and yet
it stayed

and he knew naught
and therefore
knew all

         phillips


PANELS

by moving into the future
they consign me further
into the past

why does your speech balloon
contain such a sentiment
said missus cartoon

the spouse bent his lamp stand
comically
to better illuminate his answer

because i am a character
in search of truth
ludicrous though that may be

i understand she said
so we shan't yet display our sign
that says the end

              phillips


REVIEWING 

i learned humility
in the mean sloughs
and bogs
i learned the huge role
of chance
i learned how time
can strangle and
burn
i learned hope is
mostly silly
but 
always necessary

         phillips


THE ROAD TO NIRVANA

this too
that too
and even that
all shall pass
the flow
the flow
the flow

and he stood there
speaking thusly
and the sky
opened its big picture window
and asked him
to please 
hush

        phillips