Artichoked

“Keep Choking Hazards From Mouth”

With Her In Her Sadness

my friend is sad

stay right where you are and feel nothing.

Satan is silent as he destroys us, / then loudly runs away from us in broad daylight.

too damned many clouds

what’s that? a ray peeked through? / but any warmth is cooled / so quickly. oh. so. quickly

Housewarming – 6:02 pm

I thought no one was going to show. I really did.

Let It Go

All our lives will change Sometimes we need some nudging It hurts to resist.

And I survived.

We can do hard things (thanks, Glennon Doyle).

bisection

The surgical saw /
slices smoothly

Cranky Frankie

Some verse which exists just for Frankie…

..and as the air seemed

From the heart and mind of my eldest… I love you, Jordan Kohns! ..and as the air seemedto slip from … More

September Elegy

Remind me why I live here…

Dare we admit that time will ne’er be right?

Dare we admit that time will ne’er be right?
‘Tis 2 AM; we’re far from ending night.

Whew.

“Congratulations! You have advanced from…”

Bagging ‘Murica – #SoCS

Well, I bagged it yesterday when I should have written (slept in gloriously – no regrets), so I’ll see if I can pull something out today.

the wheels turn

the wheels turn /
and slowly the body /
succumbs to the treads and the weight /
of the monster it carries,

there is not enough time

in catching up on a life that was lost, I’d miss the living in front of me.

again.

the body count
mounts /

again.

in swirling chaos

in swirling chaos /
together – we find center /
and you make me feel

It’s a SIGN…

Or IS it a “sign” at all?

Catching My Breath

I know, I know, my writing has been spotty (at best) for the last couple months. Ironically, this wordless patch … More