I post a poem …

I post a poem

which, to my mind,

ends in bitter (and

obvious) irony.

Readers respond 

by Liking and Loving.

Is it so self-evident?

Or did they miss it

entirely? Either way, 

what world are we in?

On TV ...

On TV, in  a long reminiscence,

casts and crews explore Star Trek

and why we keep on loving it.

It’s the vision, they agree, 

the projection of that future 

when we become all we can be: 

a time with no wars, no poverty – 

a society based on fairness, kindness, 

peace, in the 21st Century.