24. The View From the Writer’s Window

I won’t show you what I see you’re sure not to believe me. My view is shrouded, clouded, sad, and sweet and tragic packaged in goofy, filled with more darkness ridiculousness. There are dragons outside my window. Dire wolves, Huge, haunting, and lurking things, dragging…

23. Gold Plated

I never (don’t say it) I never had ever hoped to be without you like I am now. You, sitting high with your God Praising praises and good works (mother, do not encourage this) and shit. All of it. You can have my empire of…

22. The Rococo Narrative

Unsolicited elegance. “just paint your picture and be done with it” she says. Unamused, not impressed. “I do despise this dress with the lowest of my being” she’ll scoff, and reach for the decanter. “Madame, you mustn’t move, I must capture your essence” aye sir,…

20. 10,000 (vengeance for Felicia)

Seconds, minutes, hours, days, months, years, decades, centuries, Millenia build and build and build just to see it all taken down to be rebuilt. Upgraded. lived in. loved in. cast aside. Trashed. Spat upon. oh. oh, but how beautiful she will be When she takes…

19. Maintenance

Time to come in, Rog. Oxygen is at a quarter fuzzy. The com tells me my daydream is at an end. (daydream?) I finished repairs a decade ago. But the minutes… the sacred minutes I get as my own spec of dust. Harnessing galaxies in…

Eclipse

Emotional moon eclipse the light fandango and soften the glow

Intimate Dinner

Away from the crowd Where it’s quiet, my love Let’s share this moment In candlelight, my love Just me and you at this table for two Shut out the world’s sights and sound Let’s enjoy our love jj2017

Aging

Would someone please help me find my keys?  I’ve looked in the living room, dining room, and on the kitchen sink. I have checked the bedroom, refrigerator, everywhere that I could think. Asked the dog, his head said no Asked the cat, but, well you know…