HOW TO GET AWAY WITH MURDER

I once knew a woman
who got away with murder
and when it came time
for her
to meet
her Maker
she simply plead
not guilty
Your Honor
by reason of
Insanity

and off she went
scot free...

Jack H. Markowitz
Philadelphia, Pa
2017

Lost In Traffic

Like Amelia Earhart

She disappeared

From my life

To parts unknown

Lost forever

To the foggy mists

Of dementia…

She was a lifelong

Source of inspiration

And encouragement

Until

Alzheimer’s and Dementia

Took her away from

All that she loved

And from all those

Who loved her back

During our last conversation

She was riding in her car

With her adult daughter

Driving through thick

Old fashioned

New York City

Rush hour gridlock

Never to be heard from again

Ground Control to Amelia

Ground Control to Amelia

Come in Amelia

There is so much more

That I want to say

So much more

That I want to share

To no avail

On the radio

Nothing but static

Fair thee well

Blyth spirit

Bird thou never wert

Amen

Jack H. Markowitz

Philadelphia, Pa

IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK

IT IS AN IMPOSSIBLE TASK

It is an impossible task

To keep a woman happy

Though we men

Do all that we can

To fulfill their every

Need and desire

But no matter

How hard we try

To fill their

Bottomless pits

A man has

Only so much of himself

That he can give

And once he has utterly

Poured himself out

His strength and virility spent

She puts him out to pasture

If he is lucky

Or to a lunatic bin

If he is not

Jack H. Markowitz

Philadelphia, pa