#1 cherished stuffed rabbit shabby from loving, tossed out sheds tear, becomes real. #2 Wartime soldiers soldier on enduring violence degradation defeat Superior Officers look elsewhere for victory trading lives for ambition numbers of bombing missions for letters to mothers To call the situation crazy…

Why can’t you be normal? What is normal? I mean really Where is the exact description The written down prescription For normal Who are you to say what is normal? We can’t all do the same things Or have the same skills The same abilities…

I take refuge In words on leaves on pages in books in cafes any time any hour any day they lead In and out of certainty those words any will do they can be caustic or for comfort or joy some take flight others fail…

Bad things happen to good people. Terrible things happen to children, especially children who don’t know what they’re doing, who think they know what they’re doing. It can leave them with ghastly scars. People who have had bad things happen can still be good after….

I imagine You imagining Me writing this poem while we read it with no imagination

(for hour 8—condense book prompt)   Sweet Jane     When Jane ran from my grand home, indignant and penniless I feared she’d succumb to diseases of her orphan childhood   My Sweet Jane   Though her brilliant mind and steadfast morals I would sully…

Once upon a time the moon Was broken into seven pieces. The world watched on in horror As the danger increases. A man proclaimed the world would end In a glittering white rain For five thousand years the sky would fall Nothing would ever be…

Wandering across Verdant fields under the sun Humming to myself

Broken Earth   Make a fault in the Earth rip, rapture, and spoil all to even the score.  To take energy from beneath your feet and capture the moon.  Accept loss to return a son. Risk the world to start anew.