Retooling life for part 2

poetry

Reminiscent of a Reservoir

Reminiscent of a Reservoir

Tall walls around, surround. You can walk the embankment perimeter see nourishment within the lifewater. Contained, restrained, pooled for protection and future use. Sometimes The level is low. Other times Filled to the brim. And there’s machinery required to make it all go.  The brain…

Gripped

Gripped

Gripped By the fear that Is. life transformed in an instant where never again can you go back to the has been. Frozen in an instant while living the rest of life. There was a point. I continued to “just do it” way before nike,…

Lackluster Life

Lackluster Life

My life has verdigris around the edges.Part mold, part tarnish, full inattention. I learn (and must learn) again and againit’s as easyif not easierto accomplish the taskthan drag it outin angst to awful infinity,the reward of completion so sweet. Scrape the green all together from…

In Praise of Flirtationships

In Praise of Flirtationships

The sublime tease is best extended, slow building, with no expectation of fruition; of consummation if you will. The fruition is the flirt itself. Years this can continue in quickening exchange. This is a long lesson learned. I always thought the fuck was the goal.…

Glimmers of Rain

Glimmers of Rain

It makes sense that glimmers are something fleeting and flashy while triggers … well, a gun comes to mind. So I would think the glimmers have to be pretty special to carry as much weight. I suppose both things are continuua, the severity, the soothiness,…