Daybreak and there’s another border to cross This one has a bridge, that one had a turret Show cards, papers, cash and smile No cash Cat in the glove box kids in the trunk, just until we’re across You smile at the guard, too Green light With cool indifference, they ask: Where are youContinue reading “Border Crossing Green Light”
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At This Moment
At this moment sitting still matters listening to conversations evesdropping and wondering wandering within and then, hearing At this moment my coffee plant grows patiently waiting while I see thick hiking socks and Birkenstocks I sip, not gulp At this moment I don’t fret or moan regret or draw deep sighs from within my beingContinue reading “At This Moment”
Tourist Map
Table service by his wife She, a wilted prom queen He, her football team captain Children in tow, older now Unliked but loved, subtle manipulation Family formed, a unit To home in a caravan A girlfriend, a dog, all in order Dinner march, convicts to the electric chair Moving about after their executions Swallowed inContinue reading “Tourist Map”