Dandy Dandelion
Is the dandelion a flower, herb or weed? The answer could be strictly in the beholder’s eye. One thing that’s for sure, it’s got a light and fuzzy seed. Windy days can see a haze … Read more
Monthly Archives: May 2019
MAY 30th (redux)
A Frank Blair (1915) hologram bleakly announces the death of Sun Ra (’93). So opens the new Howard Hawks (1896) film, a bizarre new take on the murder of Joan of Arc in 1431, starring … Read more
But I Never
I got a canker in Sri Lanka. I got a blister on K-2. I thought I might go mad in old Islamabad. But I never got sick of you. You could insult me for an … Read more
More Chess Records
I moved my king two squares and he fell off the world. The queen did scream, of course. She’d just had her hair curled. It was a shocking scene of gravity, a startling moment of … Read more
Blue Squared
The small window had a curtain made of checkered blue pajamas. Outside, in the verdant hills, there lingered packs of llamas. It might be South America, it might be Mexico. Judging by our only view, … Read more
Wade in Hot Water
The body politic has gotten very sick. It’s almost ripped from torsion. There’s rape and incest on the right. It might need an abortion. But on the scene the zygote team amasses for protection, their … Read more
Excelsior Mollusk
I love to slug a baseball. And I sometimes slug a drink. But, slug, I do find your name odd, for a shell-less gastropod. Though I do like your Martian eyes that hide away at … Read more
Chuck the Huck
Sarah Sanders tells offhanders like they were the truth. She has turned the white house pressroom to a lying booth. Not to say she’s not okay, but from her ugly mouth, lies just fly like … Read more
The Bear Unseen
Hibernation ends with spring, rousing every living thing. Tracks in snow quite near deck stairs could be dog’s or could be bear’s. It’s been shown that our bird treats suffice for a bear’s first eats. … Read more
The Rake’s Progress
A blower doesn’t make leaves leave. Just parks them under different trees. And like the ancient plow and harrow has made antique the old wheelbarrow. Leaves are piled into high rises, leaving ground free for … Read more
Ecological Suicide Hotline
On a warm night in mid June by the darkness of new moon. Some millions of outliers took the air out of the tires. When the drivers found out that all their Goodyears had gone … Read more
Godzilla and Robin
He only breathed his fire in situations dire. He really was a gentle mate, despite his movie mental state. A monster can be less than fun when people shoot him with a gun. So, one … Read more
Spring’s Protracted Uncertainty
When April’s rains make ground a bog, some wet enough to float a log, the peeking flowers give us hope, we search the sky for sun, but, nope, the clouds still need a bit more … Read more