8/6/17 1:05am Give It Up Electric bubble gum popping The wires all open ended Gasoline and sparks The trains don’t run here It’s too flammable Uninhabitable A Chernobyl wasteland of what used to be “pride.” Sludgy and thick Battery acid crackling of ulcers What you…

Sitting in the train car, I chose the SkyView cabin as we cruised through Glacier National Park. I wondered about the engineering behind the trestle bridges cleaving through this wondrous beauty. Clouds misted around the top of the window, blocking my view. My son, two…

The melodies of tune their jingle in time has something to say in the silent creases of my soul. The vastness of blue blurred to the horizon unites the melodies of my heart and the music to my ears There is something in them that…

I assume she’d tired of her nest. Maybe she just felt like the patio was best.  Less stress.  She is very protective of the place. Not sure why she would need so much space.  Just not commonplace.  She runs everyone out of her patio room….

When wood meets metal It’s almost like a battle Between nature and man To be honest, I am not a fan Oh well! Nothing can be done about that Do you think I look fat?

On a Wire Before the telegraph Strung wires on poles From coast to coast Where did birds gather In gossipy groups Sharing the news of the day? They cannot bask in the sun On branches heavy with leaves Nor gather in such groups Where sprigs…

Permeated with sin Our souls can be revived Only if you believe

  Dad wonders if all this banding of birds and tagging of ears creates selection pressure in favor of jewelry But with microbeads The Great Garbage Patch Spinning in the Pacific And asphalt to go by, It won’t be good

sitting on the porch the hummingbird came right up to me in my red sweatshirt seeming to look me right in the eye or the breastbone, as the case may be long narrow beak and whizzing wings suddenly, I am the hunted and you are…

imperfect always remind me upon waking in the first moment