Frozen Cattail One solitary cattail piercing the snow Encased, a sheen of ice Freezing the moment when Its brown crushed velvet skin Split to spew forth parachutes of future hope But no one has made it out safely No ‘see... Continue Reading →
The Problem with California An almond tree in the yard: this is the only needed sign that you are not where you should be. The letters home to Orangeburg cannot describe pulling the casings from trees, +++++++ cracking open the... Continue Reading →
June There are too many clocks and not enough time. I will take and keep this minute for myself. This minute of mercury this swift summer night as sleepless stars glide through the sky in aerial ballet. About... Continue Reading →
Visitation The motion sensitive light by the cabin’s front porch came on at 1 am. Woke me from sleep into instant terror of something unexpected in this dark— a deer, a bear, a predatory man, my mind went wild the... Continue Reading →
Three Personas of Twilight 1 Twilight, the seeker sounds its bell in soft, dark-prism’d carousels. 2 Twilight, like some skulking owl, preens its feathers in lustful anticipation of its sultry descent. 3 Lone survivor of a perished kind and child... Continue Reading →
Still Driving my odometer refuses to roll over the coolant light is on and there’s nothing I can do about it I keep the tires in good shape and just had new wiper blades installed but there’s so little else... Continue Reading →
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