What My Daughter Will Learn From D&D

I dreamed
that someone
interviewed me
about
what my daughter
would learn from
playing D&D.

I told him
I didn't have
a daughter,
but I would
imagine...

"Well, to start with,
D&D was a product
of its times. It was
a cooperative game.
It couldn't be made
today.

When you are playing,
and solving problems
in the game,
you get to feel
intelligent,
and when you fail
a savings throw for
climbing an ice wall,
hopefully you will feel
brave but unlucky.

In the end,
you get to find out
who you really are,
or want to be.


-Jim DuBois
Feb 10, 2013

Saturday Afternoon Ennui in America

lounging around,
looking for something to do,
wondering about meaning and existence

passed through town earlier,
disconnected but relaxed,
writing poetry now,
because, well, at least
I can,
I can create
and record
and re-order


-Jim DuBois
Jan 19, 2013

Like it Should be

Crunch, crunch, crunch,
the snow is crunchy,
like it should be in winter.


-Jim DuBois
Jan 18, 2013

People Who Are Beautiful

People who are beautiful
People who are beautiful until the hair moves away from their eyes
People who are beautiful until you see their faces
People who are trying hard to be beautiful
People who are holding onto being beautiful
People who used to be beautiful


-Jim DuBois
Dec 11, 2012

Freight Train

Freight train

creaking by,
rumbling by

overhead,

makes me feel like
I've gone back in time.


-Jim DuBois
Jan 17, 2013

I Can't Tell

I can't tell
if I'm depressed, or relaxed,
or on the verge of
an existential awakening,

but the sun and hats
are enjoyable
in the winter wind,

and the dry weeds
are rustling
beside the fence.


-Jim DuBois
Jan 19, 2013

Emergencies

I was so wrapped up
in taking care of you,
in protecting you
from real
and dramatized threats,
that now that you're
not around,
everytime I see
a firetruck,
hear about a car crash,
etc,
I worry and wonder
about what's happening
to you.
If I get a call
from an unknown number
I think
it must be you,
calling for me
to come get you
from some
disaster,
or terrible relationship.


-Jim DuBois
July 15, 2012