(2014)
Meant to be recited slowly as a mantra
#AMeditation
A man sits reading under a “SIZ… He does not look sizzling hot He looks quite ordinary in fact Perhaps feeling me watching him… (Not noticing the sign because it…
once the larvae have hatched how long can they survive without… each day I go forceps in hand to count the dead
inhumanity kills boys civilization kills girls
Snowflakes or fireflies Beneath an oval moon Do I wake or dream?
Tide tickling sun’s wake Under a thin skin of ice Beach disappearing
the sum of the estate: pictures newspaper clippings poems the memories
silent universe solitary traveller a perfect union
Beneath that secretive smile A strong hot thrust From a sidewalk grate….
crickets and brittle leaves empty seed pods scurrying in the heavy scent of autumn
wild rose bush crushed between the rocks so carelessly placed and yet there a soul looks out at me
death is absence of thought - zen how can we be afraid of something we cannot live to experience? it’s life that is frightening
Still they knock at my door And complain About the state of the world Selling fear Like grape Kool Aid
Me: I love to drive He: it’s too damn dangerous safer to fly, statistics prove it
Seagulls hovering Uneven hills encircle Tide pool reflection
how pathetic to be born without wings such gifts should be for womankind, too