Bolero does something to me when it plays I am un-Ravelled resting my head upon my father’s knee soothed and calmed at peace with the monster that lives in me. The lilting tune, the rustle of drums edge this old heart like that striped shirt in…

Hour Eleven How many grains of sand on a beach? How many minds can one teach? How many atoms make up this land? How often should each soul lend a hand? How many leaves fall in the autumn? How many have been beaten down by…

Hour 11 9/2/2023   “Walking…”   Used to run upwards of 8 miles a day overall left the Corps – promised never again kept it too!   This year has been rough – way more than I knew… hospital stays for doing what a doc…

Hour Ten Kyrielle form Will you still say you love me when the fall of age when it begins and when my waist is out of place upon my features will you trace The outline of my eyes that look like jeweled sunflowers pressed in…

“Extraordinary in Ordinary”- pick an ordinary object and make it extraordinary. You can do it by giving it some special attributes or a different background and story. I… Am a fan of rocks. Most every kind has something unique about it Take a river stone,…

Hour 10 9/2/2023   Yeah is THAT time!   “3’rd Wednesday Of The Month…”   Is it?  It IS!  cool, took long enough this month – 21 flipping days …sigh.   Gather lists …checked weekly flyers today electronically clipped any coupons of possible use (though…

There are no photos of me as an infant In my mother’s arms. No black and white Sepia toned memories bleeding Into my now. No corners holding The past in its place, jagged edges Saying, look here, this was your life. This was you as…

Hour Nine Dansa form Think Twice before you burn the bridge or one must learn to swim in a stalemate none can win unless the slights one acknowledge for a new start to begin before you burn the bridge. Think Twice before you burn the…

What is love What. Is. Love. What happens when baby hurts me? Baby hurts me Baby. Hurts. Me. That’s not love. It’s never love to hurt your love. Dating doesn’t answer me Live is not a tragedy Is love romance? Is love just chance? We…

Swallow tails Don’t need their tails They just use them to Escape the birds Oh shoot this is almost late. I’ll do it properly later