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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Pleasure clovers under tender feet, so soft and cool they render. Special drops of rain splash her face and she wonders how lucky she is. The lilt of butterflies breeze she does not notice, until her heart will be broken, and she'll slow enough to feel. GJH 09 Sign in to see full entry.

We're riding an amazing train, the tracks are smooth, and the windows reflect an irrefutable change in the world... trash... weeds, confusion, emptiness, cherry cola, Mcdonald's... cancer, GMO, federal taxes, parking rules, political correctness..., but most important... clarity..., we see who... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

and I sit here a bitter weed, but am i bitter because i didn't conform, or, am i bitter because i see things others may not see? do i see police who look sinister, as cell towers do black cars with no markings of "To protect and to Serve". I fear coming days, they march like the tide but i will... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

you

And in an ember of a new day your smile caught me again same way, illustrious devastation, but I crave it, and it's mine. I hide in the thought of you. I keep you in a crystal of what you may not be, but what I imagine of you, perfect for me, maybe not you, but the pearl for me. And that, warms the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 22, 2009

Ground Zero

Panacea Could they do a worse job? They do every day. Could you keep your job if you did it like they? They take from us, do a bad job, they take, we don't pay, they take. They create law for us to abide. They are our employees, but they hold all the keys. We sit and grow fat, watch cancer bloom in... Sign in to see full entry.

Mine Mind

Mine Mind Three men stood on a porch attached to a large wooden home. Shadows skewered the house in many directions at this time, the sun was losing its hold on the day. The men spoke at a close range and looked over each others shoulders as though they did not belong there. They wore bright red... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, February 21, 2009

hmmmmmm...

Stimulus It occurred to me this morning as I skimmed stray grind from the top of my coffee. Today, and all others that follow, will be different. The politicians are gone, they've stabbed one another in the back. The roaches in the banks have scattered. Misplaced defaulters combed their hiding... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, February 15, 2009

family

Just Tell Her She made me, pushed me, I found her first and nurtured there. Her eyes looking into mine, drooling, dribbling, and falling. Through nature's force, I grew, changed faces. Me became me at the pace of all of us, and I swarmed to her. I ran to her, crashed and cried to her, sparked by her... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Sleep

I Woke, looked into dark, saw nothing but dark. Breathing came from me in heaves, my feet were cold, though covered by quilts. Heart pumped and forged its splendid worth, awake, at once, aware. Naked I felt, close to a death, maybe here tonight, in a swill of clarity, my life may end as I thought it... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Will, Of The Water Water waited in pipes behind the stone. Moss panted in the shade near a former splendid display of produce in the sun. Lacinato once dominated its hold in the oak and now the gold beets were above their sullen greens. Spinach sipped its last, and white chard wilted with the... Sign in to see full entry.

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