Classic Star Trek 

Have you seen 

Captain Kirk on a bender

Drinking Saurian Brandy.

Demanding from McCoy

Acting like a wild man 

In Episode five.

It’s truly crazy

I recommend checking it out

On Paramount Plus.

He gets split 

Into two distinct separate personalities

Docile and evil.

Classic Star Trek

We saw on Channel thirteen

On Sunday afternoons.

At age six 

When life was simple then

In my youth….

-AAA 11/12/2024

Street Lights, Yesterday and Today 

When street lights turn on we take a double 

Remembering in childhood of the trouble

We could never ever be late 

As our parents would wait 

As we turned the nob on the front door

It’d be a welcome or punishment for sure 

I had my first watch at that time 

Always checking, to prevent this crime

Many calendars later I’m far older

As the street lights up I bravely soldier

Out for a night on the town or a drink 

Walking the boulevards, pause and think

Growing was easier but curfews did stink…

-AAA 10/04/2024