This, the point of the yellow-green crayon-
the grass of this light, not too bright clearing,
the trees circled ‘round like an audience
or perfect fence, this somehow bigger than recalled
but still small enough to cradle us,
place of our memories.

Still, with the hunch in my shoulders I sense
a peripheral silence. Sure enough,Read More »

Innocent,
adorable,
exactly like a lie,Read More »

back forth in out
up slide down
the earth the moon the tide the waves
a tireless barista
wet dark sand beneath
white foam cappuccino
sea
always busyRead More »

I thought it was a picture,
and I wanted to turn it into a song,
so I kept trying to look and gaze it in,Read More »

Canoes tilt slightly beneath garbanzo bean clouds.
We try to hear the crickets, but the silence is too
loud. Pink sky over aquamarine
sea, and I don’t look at you. Astute.
Relaxation. You can be my eyes. Don’tRead More »

Tonight I am short on a way to say nothing
and lacking something
to say in some way,

and so my head turns to you,
breath caught
from the dawn of realization-

Haven’t you always spared coins
and dreams for me?Read More »

Drops fall in unison,
roaring on the roof like
a giant’s fan sent to cool the homestead off.

Meanwhile, the beads that fell first
splash into puddles and pots,
filling rows up when all they did was fall down.

The grey has never brightened your mood,
but I guzzle water.
You don’t see its point; You want
the sun to match the marigolds,Read More »

I only consider you deep in the winter,
summer, spring, and fall.Read More »

3 of 500 is
15 hundred,
and twice minus
Half Of’s an
equal sign.

300, 4 times is
(minus ate hundred), and
600 thrice =
negative
two hundred.Read More »

I want to survive so bad
that I could take a pill that takes
away desire to live if it
would give me the strength to get by.

And perhaps I shall.

But I only know of one of those,Read More »