Friday, August 31, 2012
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
Wednesday, August 29, 2012
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
two beasts hacking away at onions celery and carrots
we spoke plainly
mouths opening and closing against fingertips collecting cherry pits
Monday, August 27, 2012
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
Friday, August 24, 2012
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
x
For your wildest imagination
Zero is a very exponential number
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
x
For your wildest imagination
Zero is a very exponential number