Something I’m Working on – 2

It was hard not to notice that the poet’s shack had more books than space. The bed was sitting on stacks of literary quarterlies. The couch was made entirely of poetry anthologies. On the walls were shelves of self-published works. There was a wood-burning stove with photographs of various people spilling out onto the floor. […]

Meteorologist’s Lament

As a weather man I try to do the best I can but there are so many variables I end up doing terriable like, low pressure systems I’ve often just missed ’em and I never seem to be able to predict the jet stream Take into account a warm air mass? That’s a hard pass. […]

A Sight for Sore Guys

I’m sorry I said that you were “a sight” just after you’d been up all night. I realize that my remark on your aesthetic was as welcome as candy to a diabetic. You hadn’t even brushed your hair and your face had no makeup thair. I know now that if I’d waited You’d have been […]

My Thanksgiving Dinner, a Post Mortum

[I am so… so… sorry] After you lose your zeal for living offer to cook for Thanksgiving Start by cooking vegetables that, as such, no one is ever going to touch. There’s delicious stuffing But, you keep having to find the two-year old so you get nuffing Still, being with your family is fun And, […]

I’m NOT Sorry

[Don’t blame me. Deb and Robyn made me do this one] I’m not sorry I finally screwed up the courage to tell your wealthy aunt what I thought of her. I AM sorry she was on the toilet when I did it… ♥ I’m not sorry I gave you my honest opinion of your latest […]