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  • RE: Taking a Picture...

    That's:
    Me taking a picture of Vi
    Taking a picture of Krysten
    Taking a picture of Beth..
    Taking a picture

  • Drought VI

    She only breathes when it rains
    And it hadn't rained in years
    Like being punched in the stomach
    Never to catch your-

    He envelopes and intertwines
    Accumulating in the air
    To settle as dew
    If the ground was fertile

    She only breathes when it rains
    He on the fertile plains
    A hand swimming in the air
    Trying to catch the one they-

  • Drought V

    Don't you for a second think
    that you aren't at the mercy of something greater
    Cried the Old Man

    Yeah, there are elements that we think can't control
    Then we find that we can
    Cried the Old Lady

    You can't control weather
    You can control your reaction to it
    Oh stoicism

    Things change
    Oh pragmatism

  • Drought IV

    Everybody ran giddy
    In the street
    Dropping pens
    Paper
    Napkins
    And
    never to return

    Plants in anticipation of a good drink
    Air conditioners oblivious in their hum

    And they run
    Everyone

    People exclaim that running in the rain
    Gets you just as wet
    As walking in the rain

    I like this
    Something about living your life one way
    Only to find it is wrong

    Even if it isn't true

  • Drought III - Vineyard - 7-15-12


    Normally this time of year there are rows of grapevines...

  • Phantom Limb Memories

    I grin when I think about it
    96 Tears
    Alternating between
    Desperately seeking sources of income
    And indulging in unhinged sex
    So numb at the time that it only comes back in flashes
    Phantom limb memories
    That make me smile

    Undressing
    Blue pants and a white camisole
    The kitchen counter
    Cooking book for height
    Going to the library to look for a job
    Be right back
    No money for the internet connection
    You wrote me a check that I never repaid
    So I could pay the rent

    96 Tears that plays in the background
    And now I smile to myself
    Like someone in a coffee commercial
    Before you change the channel
    And the memory is gone
    To return when the synapse fires
    When I need that limb

  • Monetary

    Every staunch idealist
    Has to cower in front
    Of a monetary unit
    A clutch of survival
    Even myself