you never have to stay airborne very long or fly very high low on gas? instrument malfunction? landing gear issues? you can usually glide...

Katheryn’s grandfather clock her once proud companion now sounds to me like a broken ballad for her shrinking world striking every hour...

vaccinated boosted well- distanced responsibly masked so it wasn’t my fault the physician’s assistant had the snivels that day he...

why do the headlines that greet us each day feel like prison gruel slopped on tin plates leaving sour stomachs except for those convicted...

there’s the metal pair playing on the TV stand one with a resinous smile peering up from the coffee table on the windowsill a ceramic...

I skip and skitter barefoot over frying pan tiles wade the softly boiled water to a chair on a concrete beach find a glass tumbled with...

saliva drips one kind of sloven impatience does it not? other times it can spray a face with excitable words or sizzle on the tongue for...

“Till you break my favorite crystal” “Till you forget our anniversary two years in a row” “Till you burn three roasts” “Till you total my...

both camel’s buckle and fold like shopping bags groan as knees and hooves kick up dust as we slide off warm sand sifts through the sandals...

I arrive here in daydreams to sit in our boat that drifts to the end of the rope and back like morning's lazy scent and creaks as we...

so many leaves fall no one sees so many words said no one hears just red yellow and orange caught and pressed between moments into...

knowledge is always a handout an answer here an explanation there wisdom involves battles winners and losers and one who picks up the...

a crazy thought driving home from work through a whiteout in upstate New York the road a thickly floured pasture darkness hostage to fog...

I wish dogs could vote they’d pick the right candidates the soft-hearted ones

I see Jesus’ blood has dried and the holes in his wrist have healed and filled in but not as much as his robust belly while the hair and...

I bet painters don't paint on gray days like today the colors might smear and ruin something like a rainbow running towards the sun

it’s a trip to Buckingham Palace when the bus has stalled and I must walk to meet the queen with a gift of cream she’s delayed like the...

Friday night’s perspective so different than Monday morning’s one sparkles around a corner one searches for any light one celebrates...

why does a still pond seem to hide many secrets? it’s mirroring you

I bet there was one thing that set you up for that downfall? one strand of hair that hit sunlight and made you lose your balance or a...