Odd Normal, new, old, or interim, has never been normal for me. Squirrelly, standoffish, cold, or strange, I’ve been called these and many more. My normal has always preferred being alone, with company or no, yet still alone. I birthed three children and married a…

Krypto the super-hound has a new cape Her soaring freedom flag replaced by a recovery shirt curiosity and prey drive dulled in medicated half-life lulling the body into restorative sleep. I miss my perky girl and our forrest play, grateful this is only temporary, unlike…

promise to care promise complete  complete control  complete the puzzle puzzle not broken puzzle to solve solve a riddle solve for x x too harsh x to avoid avoid the camera avoid the lights lights blind me lights to condemn condemn this kindness condemn assigned…

So I ask myself What is normal anyway. What are the guidelines For being normal Are there rules? Are there regulations? Do we measure up Or fall short Of societies expectations? I don’t know about you But how to be normal I have no clue….

Michellia Wilson Poetry Marathon Hour 7 (2021)   GO WHERE THE WORDS TAKE YOU if you see them dangling – grab them, pull them to safety; if you see them laying on the floor, fragile, broken, gently pick up the pieces; if they slice your…

The new normal wants so badly to be the old normal tries so hard to be carefree. Maskless is the new breezy. Everybody wants to be the new Marlo Thomas smilingly skipping across a busy New York street tossing her hat into the air not…

Don’t talk too much. Don’t play too loud. Be the good little girl that whispers to her imaginary friends while serving them tea. Mommy has a headache. Daddy is tired. Sister’s in the hospital. Brother’s in jail. Whisper to yourself that it’ll all be OK.

I have horses. I have dogs. I have turtles. I have fish. I have guinea pigs. I have children. And I have a husband too. Hay for the horses at 5:30 Walk the dog at six. The turtles are kind and quiet. They don’t beg…

Be a burst of yellow, or an eruption of mauve or a flaming red in the sea of beige that swallows all. Dare to be happy unabashed in your bliss, celebrate, rejoice, scream with joy, refuse to let the world paint your walls, instead take…

Body like plywood pushed through a press mind as empty as the cavity of the sky (and there aren’t even stars) bent knee to all things because the Bible says so I wish you’d stand up and fill your mind with heresy and be less…