In the ocean

Cool and calm, just floating along. Living effortlessly, you envy me?   My arms flow with the tide. I’m just along for the ride, waving like a tree in the wind.   Underground, below the sea, anchored for eternity. I am seagrass. post for hour 1

Mammoth Cat

Catfish strung on lines tied to the dock. Whiskers wiggling, tails flapping, struggling to get free. Among them, the grand prize:  the Mammoth Cat He doesn’t struggle Just lies in wait Plotting.   Too much sun, too much beer To even exaggerate the size But…

Trail of Tears (3)

Always, when I am driving through the territories when dusk descends I see them. Void of artificial lights bold flashes of white figures in the ancient darkness sentry the highway. Communication of souls direction and guidance the movement on my periphery tells me I am…

#3 – Rainbow of Life

Red, vibrant In the beginning there was energy. Or so the scientists would have us think. It’s still around, in everything, moving back and forth, up and down, in circles and patterns. Vibrating eternal life. Flowing through you, as the colour of your blood matches…

Mr. and Ms. Busybody Go Fishing

Mr. and Ms. Busybody are always standing by, listening and fishing,  is how they spend their life Mr. and Ms. Busybody standing by Gossip Lake fishing all day, and all night  no matter what it takes Mr. and Ms. Busybody have nothing else to do they love…

Hour 3–Small Fry

Dad wasn’t there that day wouldn’t have been interested so Mom filled the role gladly did the dad-thing by renting a row boat she took us boys fishing because boys needed to do things with worms and hooks and poles and feel the thrust that…

Wordlessness

Today will be about losing words.  It will be about verses falling apart, without music or fanfare.   Nothing will rhyme.  Nothing will be described as it really is, because all we have is speculation.   Outside, from a great height, far higher than the…

Hour Three from the Fish

It looked tasty so I wrapped my mouth around it. When I tried to swallow there was a sharp feeling in my mouth. Then a pulling sensation. Then a massive lurch forward. It felt as though my lips were being ripped out of my head. I tried to resist but the…