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Monday, May 8, 2006

Providence

Providence From the guts back to animal no hatred now, fear. Now, before this, what might have been? Rush of iron, faultless aim honed tip scraping bone no pain only fear. The last of battle, both knew, one would end. A faster sword by a single breath. Hayward, 2005 Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, May 7, 2006

Doctor and the Batteries

Doctor and the Batteries. I wondered when my time would end. Dead batteries, from the child’s toys empty of their charge strewn across the floor. In the hospital, I wrap my face. My heart beats, and another waits for my hands to tend its broken vessels. This morning… Breathing breaths not ready to... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, May 6, 2006

Hush

Hush Quiet… Sleep now baby girl silent bloom. I’ll watch, keep peace. For you. I hear your heart in the cub bed. Outside, the world, out there, I might lose you. So here, you’ll be safe. Tiny fingers closed tight. Never worry, as sun the moon, I’ll always be. Now, sleep. Please, remember, I’m here.... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, May 5, 2006

Winky

Winky Two kittens wrestled on a broadloom in a house by a tree near a road. These animals not yet, not kittens nor cats. But between the two, there were four eyes for now. The brothers grappled, their bites not near fatal nor intended to be. Just kittens in a house by a tree near a road. Fur... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, May 4, 2006

Manana as They Say

Manana as They Say… Work could wait. That dead skunk stunk. Steering wheel slippery in my hot fist today. The wind rushed in over my arm, out the window pointing my toes in my steaming Converse, made my car move faster. The dash was hot sticky denim strangled my legs. The tollbooth was shiny,... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 3, 2006

Millie June

Millie June Selling tomatoes, chained to fantasy, she stroked cucumbers, thought maybe she was mad. Not angry, maybe Millie was crazy. Young. Mother of Millie June, was drawn to earth when cancer bloomed. And now, under summer sun, she pines for a young girl’s life. Movies in her mind stories of... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Rented Food

Rented food Eggs and sausage brilliant onion risky chili tricky habanera bandit cheddar reckless beer crimson pepper flakes Varsity stomach. Toilet bowl chills. Hayward 05 Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, May 1, 2006

Weak Nights

Weak Knights Monday knight, rode late in the day, Tuesday was not far away. He had broken his sword rehearsing for battle in a cave abandoned by dragons and lost sloths. Wednesday knight passed present hours in a pub by a wicked river. Thursday opposed him at a bench near a table. They slept,... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, April 30, 2006

Next To You

Just, next to you, I need, next to you, I have everything. For now, I’ll sleep, catch my breath, when tomorrow I can walk. I’ll count my steps be sure of my way. In my mind, I am there not far. I’ll set a stone, the first of many, and build a bridge to you. Next to you I need. I’ll nestle near the... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, April 27, 2006

Spare Doves

He woke, as a guest, in the basement. dim, down there, anytime of day. Spooked at first, by a coot? No, a coo, Yes, a coo for sure. Unfamiliar, so it seemed ok, the coo, in the gloom of the cellar. You never know, in any room, what you’d hear in the house of a traveling magician. Cool below the... Sign in to see full entry.

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