(2000)
#ColdDay #LazySpiritWinter
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…
Early morning mist Loon fishing quiet water Shining wake behind
Clouds on horizon Now and then a shorebird’s cry On buffeting wind
how pathetic to be born without wings such gifts should be for womankind, too
In the lamplight leaf shadows break on the ragged edges of my heart
pillars of sunshine through cloud - heavenly suburb under construction
Still they knock at my door And complain About the state of the world Selling fear Like grape Kool Aid
The taste of winter ice Dug in August from the sawdust Of Conley’s ice house The slap of the screen door On Grammy’s porch
I’ve known rivers swift currents set free escaping to the brine of the ocean and on to exotic places I’ll never be
All I wanted to do was ride my mo… And make out at Spooner’s Point. But when Mary Daley got pregnant Her father threatened me with the… So I married her and went to work
little lies, seeds of thyme shallow-rooted, often sewn cover the largest stone yet a tree springs from a single seed
Me: I love to drive He: it’s too damn dangerous safer to fly, statistics prove it
looking at the world through drops of counterfeit lace on the window pane
last night the winter world transformed to summer’s sphere fireflies in the night their aimless paths alight
my real name was Clarence but they always called me Dummy because they thought I was stupid I lived with my Mom and swept up… for a dollar a day ‘cause