Prettiest

We dusted the mantel and the mantel pieces
   swept the floor and threw out the casualties
I replaced the water and put a flower in every vase
each a new jewel set against our adornments
Your face was spectacular
the picture of ridges subtlety muses
Something as old as the earth and greater than its surface
   came to mind and we sat with each other
      dust dinosaurs and Saturn in our living room
the kitchen held us
two beasts hacking away at onions celery carrots
we spoke plainly
mouths opening closing
against fingertips collecting cherry pits
Curiousity etching lines into our foreheads
   quiet gestures of affection
rapture

Prettier

our kitchen held us
two beasts hacking away at onions celery and carrots
we spoke plainly
mouths opening and closing against fingertips collecting cherry pits

Pretty

We dusted the mantel and the mantel pieces

before we swept the floors and threw out the casualties

I replaced the water and put a flower or more in every vase

   each a new jewel set against our adornments

Your face was spectacular

    the picture of ridges, subtlety, and muses

Something as old as the earth and greater than its surface 

came to mind and we sat with each other

dust, dinosaurs, and Saturn in our living room



 

For Crying Outloud

For always being right
      being wrong
For crying outloud
      deaf ears and future grace
For excusing the inexcusable
      feeling like the smallest person in the whole wide world
For giving yourself away
      holding hands
For injustice and ignorance
      juries and teachers
For kinetic energy, movers, and shakers
      learning a new  language
For making the most of it
      never having anything to do with it
For obedience and chaos
      quiet time and perpetual motion in no particular order
For pride
      right and wrong
For solemnly swearing something
      truly thinking that's that
For universal truths
      validity. human spirit, days of the week, chores, randomness, love
For whatever it is that requires a signature 
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For your wildest imagination
     Zero is a very exponential number

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