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Musing on Someone Else’s Feet
Clumped at the bottom of the rusty Sieve, next to the unwashed cleaver, deprived of life affirming Collagen, the declawed chicken feet Linger limply on, the last of their Pungent poultry odor clinging closely by. Reminiscences of chicken soup for … Continue reading
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Musing on No Ants
The ants don’t parade through the bathroom this Summer in their annual, persistent passage to the Kitchen Cabinets. Cabinets which have no discernible Draw, no dietary possibilities, no holy grail of Dirt or sugar or anything. Chemicals and pans Reside … Continue reading
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Tagged ants, bathroom floor, expectations, Kitchen Cabinets, poetry, ruts, spice route, summer, travelers
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Musing: Button with One Hole
Button with One Hole Too clever by far Too clever or perhaps not at all The Sublime twist of words Tickling the synapses My neurons enjoy my dexterity I feel the tickle down my spine Forgetting that subtlety is not … Continue reading
Musings on Broth, Kefir and Coffee
So, it’s come to this, Morning Ritual. No yellow eyed eggs staring at Me with unconditional love, no skillet of Siren singing bacon calling to my waking Spirit, no butter smeared toast stretching Out to tickle my slumbering desire. Too … Continue reading
Musings on Holes and Hearts
They said there’s a hole in your Heart. Physical, ya know, not Emotional, I must tell myself. Laughing at it won’t make it go Away, won’t take away the knowing, The ache, the break or genetic mistake. A shadow on … Continue reading
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Elegy on an Aphid Free Morning
Survivor of winter, nasty sprays and weekly Beatings. Destroyer of foliage, branches and Flowers. Crusher of my hopes, my bounty and Spring anticipations. But your sticky celebration was Delivered too soon. Your spirited flights of joy Sputtered as I rose … Continue reading
Musing on Gloves and Gardening
Bruises, calluses and slivers live next to Cuts, scrapes and blisters. My hands my Only hands have become a gated Community of environmental abuses Heaped on my hands, my only hands. Branches, cheap plywood and aged shovels Release their frustration … Continue reading
Musings on Permanence
Hanging by a Rivet Permanence, fickle friend and Rule bender of the stars. Stars whose Wishes guide and buoy us while Life smiles at us and plucks at the Ties that bind Hope to us. Permanence Raises a brow at … Continue reading
Musing about Vines doing what Vines will Do
It Creeps, Slowly These old vines are beautifully Annoying as they creepy Creep across the yard from the Fence where they attempt to clingy Cling to the house. The price they Demand for the privacy they Provide to me is … Continue reading
Fortress of Dissolitude 