I make it my general practice not to drink and write. At least, I try not to drink when writing fiction, where the prose should be clear and lucid as water, even as it refracts the light. But poetry's a different matter. A little whisky never hurt a
It's getting harder these days to tell the crazy people from the sane, what with technology the way it is. It used to be that talking to yourself in public was a sure sign of instability, like wearing a sign that said, "Steer clear of me, I&
Squirrels chasing each Other up and around trees Like on Benny Hill
I have no illusions of immortality Or do I? The way I shovel known poisons into my mouth Shout motherfucker at drivers who cut me off The way I still haven't put up the smoke alarms, two years later The way I keep putting off Moby-Dick Let a
if poop then scoop
Earlier from the second-story deck I caught a glimpse of the gate slamming shut as Ella chased someone out of the yard. Her wild barking was what had summoned me. The thunk of something landing solidly on the wooden deck below brought me down the stairs to find a package
This morning in the back window of the car I found a ladybug bleached bone-white and fragile under the glass, like a tiny skull. With eyespots faded almost to nothing, blinded by the sun, it was as if the creature had only slowly, and jealously, let go of the urge
Let me tell you a story. This morning I was out walking the dog, who, honestly, can be a grouchy pain in the ass. But today she was pretty good. It was clear and cold, being October, and we had waited more than five minutes to cross a busy street.
sleeping puppy feet pressed against my human toes twitch in doggish dreams
Snowflakes ride updrafts in Brownian reels outside my twelfth-floor window.
Between me, safe in my seat on this bus, And the decadent majesty of the salmon-red cliffs of eastern Utah, A ghost landscape stands sentinel, As if etched into the glass by a cadre of capering goblins. The residue of a hasty window washing— Loops and whorls of dirt left
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