Trading - WIP

She wanted him to give up what he was
To become what she couldn't

Freshly Roasted

He liked his coffee too sweet,
His words too bitter;
She believed in milk and kindness.

"Your Kibbles Or Your Bits"

Spot works in the open air cubicle next to me at my home office. While I'm coding or doing prep work for the next day's patients, she earns her bit by catching butterflies and lizards and taking a lot of naps. I know it's a rough job, 'cause she has to stop by my work station several times a day to complain.

"How come you get AC and I have to work out here in the heat."
"I'm the boss."
"I feel like a boss."
"I could promote you to boss of june bugs and cicadas."
"That come with more food?"
"Nah."
"Forget it. I'm'a go take a nap."

Anole Dreams

We crawled up into the sky
Away from gravity
And its monsters;
We perched up in the lattice of night
And slept
And dreamt
Of safety and sunlight.

Disbelief

This thing
Sprung whole from disbelief,
Would not lend itself to fathoming.
Words wrapped around it
Seeking purchase;
Some small hold
For syllable or sound,
A nook of metaphor
Or adjectival cranny
In which to attach
And lend perspective.
But language fell away
Like chaff from a perfect grain,
Leaving it bare,
Incomprehensible,
Gravid,
Unspoken.
Leaving you
And me
Here,
In disbelief.

A7 Eludes These Thick Fingers

I miss the way the finger tips on my fretting hand would tingle when I first started learning to play guitar. It was like very small Roman candles going off every time I would touch my thumb to them; my body celebrating learning something new. Now, as I build calluses and they start growing slightly numb, I feel glad the work is paying off, but how I do miss the tingle.

Embers

I've seen the passions inside you
burn it all to the ground;
I've watched your face,
tears streaking ash,
lips pressed to white lines
against the anguish;
I've seen you lose everything
you thought you were
to the fires you can't control;
And I've seen you get up
and start again.

Not A Mirror

Violence is almost exclusively a product of disregard. The exchanging of another's humanity for one's own valuations. Question any valuation held above another's humanity.

No More Waiting

Pinned to the earth, watching the unwatchable sun suddenly replaced by a soul blinding void threatening to become the world but for a searing cage of silver: I would like more, please.

Eclipse Adventure 2017

Made it to Missouri. Another couple of hours tomorrow morning to reach prime totality. Biggest issues will be northbound traffic and the weather.

Let me just say Arkansas is a beautiful state. I really need to spend more time there.