Notion

Looking at the stars from quite afar,

I lounge in my PJs and count the work days,

And hope to grace I don’t lose my face,

Following rockets into outer space.

Can you embrace the logic?

Or have I lost my locket?

Coasting across the Indian Ocean,

I feel myself reflex to the bubbling potion.

Is there an answer, or an ending,

To this notion?

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Today I jumped up on a ray of sunshine and surfed across outer space into another galaxy where I found two furry green creatures who drove a spaceship with their noses.

In the evening, the salt and pepper of the day settles down to season my memories of all that has happened.

Floating down a river on an inner tube, my teeth came out and fell to the bottom.

Bellbottom blues bellow bluesfully down the street at the Bradfordville Blues Club.

Summer Bird

Summer bird, sing your song.

Tweedle-eet-deet, fly up and up,

To your nest in the tree.

Feed your babies from your beak.

Watch for shadows of preying hawks.

Watch for squirrels, thieves of food.

Winter bird, what will you do,

When there’s nothing to eat

Not far from home?

Winter bird, do you rise early,

To dig in the ground

For a crawling worm?

Something small, something good.

Something precious in the woods.

Not Much

Rain coming down on my head, runs

Down my nose, then onto my shoes.

Lovely day for a walk, he, he. Wonder

If there is any sanity in a Quaker

Parrot’s scream. Not so, it seems. By

The way, is there anything clean

About a bloody nose? My sinuses are

Dried out from the Claritin I take to

Stop the running. But there is a storm

Brewing. The rain falls, and steam

Rises from the asphalt. Oh, to take a

Scoop! My eyes are sore. Not much.

Jar of Tears

Cackle gulp sneeze he, he, he. Listen

To my aching, rattling my cage oh so

Impatiently. My anxiety boils to a

Peak, overflowing onto my chair. My

Body shakes until it hangs in distress.

The calling wolves in the distance

Echoes from outside the door. So

Dark, it seems. It’s just you and me.

Me, with my nightmares and

Haunting memories. You, with your

Mirror, checking for anything out of

Place. We are quite the company for

Each other. Sin babbles like a brook.

I am quite the harbinger of bad news.

If only there was a solution for my

Emptiness and headaches. Try a hat

On for size. It squeezes the scalp,

Traps heat, leaves a red mark on the

Forehead and hair sticking up. Such a

Waste. So many tears in your jar.