Permission Denied ‘It’s better I just die,’ Brigitte Poirson Because I do not see a trace of you in your utterances, mother, I forgive you. Perhaps, your demon has found a way to mimic your voice, to agonize us – a way of holding our…

One morning as a child I went into the forest alone I was drawn deeper and deeper by magical musical tones My feet were hurting and my legs started to cramp Then I finally came to a clearing where a host of Angels held camp…

Blinding sandy dunes A green rattlesnake hisses Aging lion yawns

The little star did it’s best Combining atoms at it’s nature’s behest It tried and tried but didn’t think it got it right The people there on Earth couldn’t see its light After many years it asked the Universe a question long on its mind…

At this hour of the day, when the morn’ is new and sunny, thinking of my favorite cat, is really rather funny. There’s Vinnie, the Calico and Chester lives next door. Oh, and there’s also Ollie; Just one of many I adore. I know and…

“We’re going to Kentucky…We’re going to the fair…to see the Señorita with the flower in her–” Nursery rhymes nursery rhymes use to be the story of the lives of folkloric strangers that we never knew but that didn’t stop them from coming after you. “The…

People are different all the time and I hope you are better than most of them Love them Massage them Pamper them Calm them They are not satisfied and they treat you as footmat Understanding people is a difficult game to master and since I…

We move with the waves We are many we are one Unity means strength

Its Mamo’s birthday Sidewalks are fry an egg hot Her children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren are all in the spot Lighter fluid squirts over charcoals like a super soaker Flames dance around the bars of the grill Lemons from the tree in the back yard…

A glimpse of the other side gives way to full view. An interloper can observe with circular arguments and telescopic focus the secret garden on the other side. (There is always another side.) Nothing left to the imagination. Perhaps they are rabbit holes. Are they…