I am weary of the locker room talk About our team, exceptional, exclusive, The tight knit tribe of fortunates, Blessed be us, chosen by us To be the chosen by us, Assumed by us to be well and good…
We were making the normal plans, Doing the normal things Until a tornado tore through, Companioned by DeRecho, His destructive, straight-line little brother, Only a foreshadowing of the Millions of illnesses, Hundreds of thousands of deaths…
I like to have a little sawdust on me To remind me who I am, Since I came from dust long ago, Further back than my cells can remember, Back before they could tell the difference Between…
I drove by the condo Where we lived when you were born. The trees we planted in the back Are still there, unrecognizably tall. But you aren't there. The west wind still whispers Its lullaby in the…
Tightness still grips my abdomen Just below my diaphragm, A knot that has been gradually loosening Over the past half hour, since we spoke last. I have heard your footsteps several times And felt the tension increase…
There is no urgency now. Afternoon has dimmed into evening, Branches fading into the gray cloud backdrop. Lights come on as I sit in the dark, Glancing lazily out the window, From time to time wondering, Isn't there…
This orange, a gift from friends, Breaks into discrete pieces, Each essentially the same, In sweetness, not too sweet, this one, In tartness, I prefer a smidge more, thank you, In juiciness, enough to drip all over, In…
Silence is its own song. Never full-throated, It peppers its melody with subtle interruptions, A car going by, a creak in the house, The howl of a distant train. Even when it sings by itself, Which it almost never…
On the highway outside my window Trucks crash their hollow shells, Drums of commerce, Beating a cadence I could never follow. Cars swish by, ride cymbals Counting in slow 12/13 time, Awaiting the entrance of the soloist…
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