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Sunday, June 18, 2006

I get lost in highway heat

Asphalt will “flow”' if it is hot enough but that is not usually considered "melting" which is usually confined to cases where the transition occurs at a sharp temperature. —Vince Calder, physical chemist I. Somewhere between the latitude of Hank Williams, the longitude of Pancho Villa, we meet... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 9, 2006

Cabaret

I wrote this this morning while listening to the inimitable Regina Spektor. It's a song, rather than a poem. Who knows what might happen if I revise it? Feeling impatient and posting it straight off: Cabaret I'm here on the stage in my mind's cabaret And you're there in your seat in a brave green... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 8, 2006

Lonesome Road

I can't remember whether I wrote this first as a poem or as a song. It was published in the Pronghorn Press anthology "Dry Ground: Writing the Desert Southwest" a few years ago. And soon, it will appear as a song on my album, which is in the midst of being packaged, and which has the working title... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, June 7, 2006

The luckiest girl in the world

You know, I often complain about my life, either out loud or in writing or in my head. Things aren't perfect. In a perfect world, all of the sweet coffee drinks (white chocolate mocha with soy milk) and cheese to which I am addicted would be health foods instead of being high in calories. In a... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, June 6, 2006

On the unbearable brokeness of poets. . .

*The above title probably came into my head because of fellow blogster's title, the unbearable lightness of blogging. Credit goes where credit is due! Hello, everyone. I am a poet. Not a famous poet whose words have changed the world, but one who writes, every day. Every member of the blogit poetry... Sign in to see full entry.

Monday, June 5, 2006

What did you think?

I wrote this for a friend of mine with whom I have corresponded for years, when he began to descend into depression. I understand depresson—have stayed all night in that roach motel. He's doing better now, day by day. What did you think? What did you think would happen to me when you sent me a... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 2, 2006

Depression and pets

Anyone who tends towards depression, which, for all I know, may be every member of the human race, should be so lucky as to have a pet. I know. Another silly cancer smothering her maternal instincts in the fur coats of her cats. I am not a sexy Eartha Kitt Catwoman type. I am a cat lady, a very... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, May 31, 2006

Drag

She can not (not no she can’t) stop (help me someone stop yes now because no) the downward tug of her mouth that gravity (shoot the messenger go back in time and kill Isaac Newton) has decreed because (what up, cuz?) she is as unhappy (happy endings are Technicolor lies that lie in wait for those... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, May 23, 2006

Cliché, a song

You used to get stupid girls to stay for stupid reasons You would say to disoby your heart's a form of treason I would shake my pretty head and think it's pretty funny When you would say that love's a sting but how I love its honey A silly metaphor, a cliché, would always win the day I watched you... Sign in to see full entry.

Summertime, a song

Lemonade and sunshine The taste of saltwater on your face Lemonade and sunshine Take me back to a summer place When we were young And life was like a race to see How much we could get done Before the setting of the sun When we were new And life was like a race to see How much we two could do In the... Sign in to see full entry.

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