Little girl blue Tried and tried to cry Yet no tears fell from her eyes Broken heart and broken ducts Even onions brought forth no tears She was done at midnight She was running on empty She was out of fairy godmothers Little girl blue Tried and tried […]
Break the box Burn that box Banish the box Smash that box Shred the box Scrap the box Pierce the box Pickle that box Punch out the box Stop thinking outside the box For you are still in the Box’s confines The Box must be destroyed And you […]
The last four weeks have been a series of crazy events for me during which I have had to also think of the great attributes of my colleagues of friends as I have been asked to write letters of recommendation on their behalf. It seems to be quite […]
Cracked twig Cracked smile Cracked spine Angel frost and tangled webs How quaint it has all become Primal screams Come on boys Tell me how happy you are Body ache Heart ache Nerve ache Apple watches and gold swatches Your mundane yellow chariot awaits Primal screams Come on […]
For the love of Lighthouses: Finding one’s path forward I have always loved lighthouses. Even when I lived in the South Bronx, where I only knew the blocks around me, I dreamt of lighthouses. Once when stranded abroad due to a hurricane, I searched for a lighthouse in […]
Up and away we go round and round. Below they watch as we fly up into the sky. Are they happy with us or waiting for disaster? Isn’t everyone waiting for disaster? Tick tock. Tick tock. Time doesn’t wait. I see him. He is there with steely eyes […]
The eye sees what it wants to One headlight A creaky door opens The coyotes posed atop of the hill Wishes coat the iris The truth is hazy The screams pierce the veins The chains rattle One headlight It follows It steers The street dogs howl in unison […]
Seeking freedom Circle upon circle there’s no exit Running through the hoops No way to bend the mind The circles strangle For they are perfectly round Round and round With no way out The road ends at the beginning Concentric circles sound so pretty Prettyily we talk Mightily […]
A blue mouse isn’t individualism: Run The bins stand still. She has watched too many action movies lat eat night. She kept turning back to look at the bins expecting an escaped prisoner to jump out and run across the room. She stared at her pretty blue mouse. […]
You can’t change a vindictive heart Cold, cold heart Angry, bitter heart A vindictive heart can’t be changed Steely eyes Determined to bring your ruin No words of wisdom soften their blow Cold, cold heart Angry, bitter heart A vindictive heart can’t be changed False tongue […]