Deserts exert influence on the riverbed, distressing the fauna. Salmon born early, their birthplace a sauna. Reluctant fishermen catch and release. Release and catch and release again. The whole time the cast was their only plan. For bombshells and clamshells, honeycombs and honeybells, we take it easy and take it well. A lifetime in solitude …
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Smog
Smog is a wonderful word. Not used nearly enough, I’d say. There are a number of personages in my life who have started using the term inversion. The people I know who use this word aren’t even meteorologists. Inversion is a meteorological term meaning the atmosphere is layered. Certain portions of the layers are warm, …
Color
You were born naked, Except for a covering Borrowed from your mother, And red was your color. The world caught you up, Diluted you, washed you To the pale-pink hue Of a rock on a river’s edge. Growing, evolving, floundering Like so many before, You discovered earth, to roll in it So brown …
On The Wall
Battles lost and battles won; We’ll be bones before we’re done. Two men shouted, “Get yourself a gun!” Then turned and shot each other for fun. No one said, “Life is easy.” Except for me, Right now. No one said, “Let’s be sleazy.” Well, maybe someone, Who reads out loud. Whenever you …
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