Somebody Else

He used to be somebody else,
but he rarely remembered who,
and even then
it was more of a feeling or a dream
than a clear memory.


-Jim DuBois
May 2009

Paladin

Paladin with shining heart
emerges into the sun
-- the world is saved.

- Jim DuBois
Oct 24, 2008

(Poem)

Peeking in the dance window...
no one there to dance with...
no way will I pay $5!

-Jim DuBois

Adult Life

View 1

Breed work consume
Die

View 2

work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work
work work work work

Die


-Jim DuBois
Sep 2005

The World Didn't Stop Turning

The world didn't stop turning --
    the moon rose,
        the stars shifted --

but we were safe,
    drifting through time
        on our raft
            of that long embrace,

for a while
    really living,

just being there
    at the center of things

caught up
    in the trees and water around us

caught up
    in the only moment there was.


-Jim DuBois
Sept 21, 2000

The Worst

I like to save

the worst
    for last

and then
                    skip right over it



-Jim DuBois
Dec 16, 2002

Astronaut

I used to be
an astronaut,
floating out, way out,
somewhere between
the galaxies.

They sent me there
on some mission we all
forgot about,
but luckily I got rescued
by some aliens who brought
me home.


-Jim DuBois
2004