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Thursday, July 8, 2010

Mary

The hardest thing I ever did was falling out of love. Falling in, I had no choice. I pictured things that fed me. Wrote a script for no one there, Looked for signs that never were, How COULD I miss what others saw,... How could I see what others missed. Friendship's tepid, love's a flame: You... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, July 7, 2010

The Unexamined Life Revisited

My goddess strummed my fantasies With moonlit moist imaginings That stretched and throbbed The skins of tom-toms hidden Somewhere deep inside sixteen When everything was possible Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

6 AM The Fourth Day of the Heat Wave

My cotton bathrobe is just warm enough, For central air has cooled so well my dim coocoon of comfort that As I step onto the porch I stifle, Drowning in a warm and alien plasma Never meant for breathing Where the only movement is myself Sign in to see full entry.

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What I Learned From Magnets

Frankly I'm not really sure just what it is I learned, But this I know - From time to time in my long life I've thought a lot about Two tiny plastic Scotty dogs Who at the wrong time Either slam together any way they can, Or else repel by unseen buffers Anywhere but close. Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 5, 2010

The Guitar Lesson

His fingers cramp and curl In buzzing vain attempts To press D-Minor seventh On to this light and lovely lacquered Thing of patience, gut and wood So willing - if he only knew! - To play with him and sing. Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 4, 2010

Sixth Birthday Party

Three times stopping to inhale, My cousin blows into the red balloon Until it swells to firm and shiny pinkness. The eyes of transfixed 6-year olds Can't look away, Squinting, dreading the explosion They are sure will come... But then he lets it go, The pent-up fear of squealing kids Propelling it... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 21, 2010

That Day in Autumn

With calm and rusty grace The maple tree beside my house This warm October afternoon Agreed to start to let leaves go And do without until next year When some random April gust arrives And says "Begin." Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, June 19, 2010

20 June 2010 Forever

Who will field me violets and clover, buttercups where placid Elms on meadow margins rich with June Shade old stone walls? This fragrant dappled late-in-spring beguiles My eyes, recharges me With what I did without all winter long. This bathing warmth of bee-life, puff of lilac Under clouds that... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, June 18, 2010

Dear Icarus - A note to myself on the folly of ever auditioning again*

Watch it, mortal wage-man! One life is all we get! Why take on two when one's Enough! Look down and know That down below There is no safety net! Leave the sun to others. Old Daedalus had it right. Stick to what's familiar......I said, "HEY! CHECK YOUR FEATHERS!"... Oh, hell, he's out of sight.... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, June 14, 2010

M*A*S*H

Hi - We opened Thursday and have done 4 more performances since then (Sundays we do a 2PM & 7PM). We're told we're both original and good, though there have been no reviews yet. There are 26 in the cast, so dressing room space is at a premium. For that reason I get my general's costume on at home... Sign in to see full entry.

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