so rare to see a smoker these days, to watch a slow suicide no need for me to show funeral eyes theirs are full of enjoyment though enjoyment is a congenial word for an addict getting a fix I like to think my life isn’t killing me, but it is, living does, very gradually everyone develops leaks in their boat and inch by inch, sink towards a watery grave the difference might be, drilling holes in the bottom of it, doesn’t help with repairs where those of us who patc

I see you gawking at me, this strange green potato thing dangling from a thin stem, puzzled by this puzzle piece that doesn’t fit any puzzle you’ve ever seen in the wind you’ll see my brothers and sisters and I, swing on our ropes well, we're watching you too, rudely pointing and talking loudly about us with a friend but you know who we are, just never saw us like this before - mangoes in their teenage years growing up fast, much faster than you ever did, very soon

two orange dragonflies who weave their spiraling dance in loops above the pond are dating three orange dragonflies that weave their spiraling dance in loops above the pond are a doomed threesome one lover will be spurned and spin off the other two will end their double-wheeled twist of a weightless roller coaster ride on a twig then with bodies probing, on will consummate with a final twirl and deposit, a double helix of DNA what can you say about those who never mo