135: i decide

i decidethey say it is as easy asthatthe grudged offenceeach new day calls me like a mother rallying her children to dinnerseeking out a seat at my tablethe perpetratorno idea i begin with their wordsactionscupped in shallowed hands tossed acrossthe stone...

134: not in seattle anymore

i may melt they say the hottest month is august yet still just may 30 and the temperatures rise to intolerable i despise air conditioning thinking what those clorafloracarbons are doing to the ozone after choosing yes i chose two years aboard in subtropical conditions...

133: a friend, gone

more of an acquaintance, really for the only reason we knew each other- is only necessary? for why does anyone come to know another if not by simple chance and common interest- was through art wax specifically he came taught connected and went his way we stayed in...

132: to miss

is such a tricky fool for is the same thing happening at the other end (does that matter or change the equation…)

131: melancholy

where does one go when the sternum aches yet there is no diagnosable malady? pain comes in many uniforms we are used to seeing him (it’s a him, trust me) in dark clothing and wafting cloaks that disappear around corners into shadows but sometimes I have found (I...