“who likes short shorts…” – The Royal Teens, 1958
2020.12.4 – Between the fire
2020.12.4 – The first to say
2020.12.5 – Lay back in too hot tub
2020.12.7 – Black
2020.12.7 – Shaking the fuzz
2020.12.7 – Silent echoes head
2020.12.7 – I’m not saying Walmart’s checkout is slow
2020.12.7 – Try to feed
2020.12.8 – Needle probing
2020.12.8 – Night’s not darker
2020.12.9 – Cat in lap
2020.12.9 – There’s this and that
2020.12.10 – Dogs lower their heads
2020.12.10 – The plague wind
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Between the fire
and the forest
lies the flame
~ ~ ~
The first to say
“What’d you think of them apples?”
Was probably the snake in Eden.
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Lay back in too hot tub
set time machine to one million years pre-being
push button
pull plug
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Black
before sunrise, drinking coffee
black
~ ~ ~
Shaking the fuzz
heading for buzz
of morning’s first pipe
~ ~ ~
Silent echoes head
heavy holds heart
tiptoeing through dread
collecting the pretty parts
~ ~ ~
I’m not saying Walmart’s checkout is slow
but my green bananas ripened
while I waited
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Try to feed
a sick cold hungry coyote
but it bolts in fear
~ ~ ~
Night’s not darker
than inside my head
and dawn’s a long way off
~ ~ ~
Cat on lap
rat in White House
I prefer purr
~ ~ ~
There’s this and that
some of the other
whatcha gonna do?
~ ~ ~
Dogs lower their head
wait, watch
cats control
~ ~ ~
The plague wind
brings masks, hand sanitizer
fear of fellow