My mom watches my presentation
“I promise I won’t say anything!”
…
She decides to say something tangential
An effort to make me look good.
…
Oh, Mom!
You should do what you say!
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1092
Sometimes doing what’s right makes you unpopular.
Sometimes it makes you envied.
Sometimes, apparently, it means you drink alone at a superior bar.
What can I say? I’m a slave to ethics.
1080
Crossing a shallow riverbed
I found alarm at arms length.
In the crevice between rocks
A snake lied in wait:
Its nose above the glassy surface,
Its body slanted in the passing current.
I wasn’t close enough to see
The shapes of the pupils watching me
But I had plenty the mind
To look quick and find
A different path for us to take
And thus avoided Mrs. Snake.
1026
My art
In boxes.
My clothes
In boxes.
My friends
In boxes.
Myself
In boxes.
With this move
I unbox.
987
I can gaze past my coffee
– Past the sheets –
I can gaze past the bedroom
Past the doorway blocking me.
I can gaze past my life now
– All the way –
I can gaze through time to take me –
Into the future!