a little bit of hope. a little bit of laughter. usually not for me. I’ll just hang with my albatross, with shoes about to drop. I’ll just sit here and anchor against storms. a sociopath. a gift for smiling when others do. I’ll breathe later when it’s safe and no one’s looking and the chatter [...]
Archive for April, 2008
currents
Posted in poem, tagged albatross, currents, drifting, gypsies, storms on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Abstinence smells like Ramen Noodles
Posted in musings, tagged abstinence, pasta, ramen, universe on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
More specifically, the smell of Ramen noodles could be mistaken for the smell of abstinence. I dreamt that last night. I don’t know what it means, but I’m sure it’s a universal truth.
dogs and wine bottles
Posted in poem, tagged compost, dogs, sunlight, wine bottles on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
laying down. a compost heap. waiting to break up or break down over the next thirty or forty years. sunlight amplifies, green, through empty bottles in air that turns and smells like wet dogs.
over homework she said
Posted in poem, tagged daughter, homework, love on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
sometimes you say “I love you” and even though you mean it, you say it out of habit. My youngest daughter replied “I love you too” during homework one day, and then a moment later, “I really do.” It was so heartfelt and honest it made me want to take back all the “I love [...]
cemeteries at stop lights
Posted in poem, tagged cemetery, cursed, daughter, hold breath, stop lights, worms on April 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
one day my daughter and I were trying to figure out why there weren’t more worms on the driveway considering how much it had rained lately. She gave me the first lines to this poem. It seemed as logical as anything else. Later that day she and my other daughter (they’re twins) were holding their [...]
