seeps through the Keurig.
Charcoal water spills over.
No room for creamer.
An online commonplace book
seeps through the Keurig.
Charcoal water spills over.
No room for creamer.
Bird songs ring. Listen.
Lark? Jay? Raven? Warbler?
I have no idea.
His metallic prose
gleams. Perfect lines burn from his
cobalt typewriter.
All of these words have
been used before, but never
in this arrangement.
I know I should call
you more often, but each night
I say, tomorrow.
A good brother in
law, makes you salt his beer. But,
will lend you his van.
Sometimes the grass is
purple, sprouting from star baked
dirt, light years away.
My sadness is packed
inside Home Depot moving
boxes. I’m finished.
Sometimes the grass is
greener. Building four’s oak rocks
a tailored moss suit.
Bones spur. Cartilage
tears, splits. Pain takes her sweet time.
Diagnosis: old.