Yes, it’s still going on, never seems to end; takes a short break from time to time, but resumes unerringly at my most fragile times…

Drive Me Mad

drive – me mad
or wild – insane
mundane
all the same

harassing loud
four-wheel
off-road on the
road wheelies abound

dogs barking
in every yard
pass the rage on
barrio hounds

some are not intuitive
or peaceable
pretended strength
stereotyped characters

intentions are not
peace and love
but an Instinct
macho au naturel

disgustingly, amusingly futile

Ye–LE – 3/17/23 – revised 10/28/24