A Snail’s Pace

Contemplate the snail, any kind of snail.More than 40,000 snail species slowly roam the earth,all peacefully paced, wending their way … More

All the Hours of the Day and Night

I don’t know which of the 12 hours I love more,the half that’s a.m., or the half that’s p.m.I’d always … More

Moving On

This old house stands a ruin.  To restore it would be nothing short of a teardown.  The folks on This Old House would take … More

The Summer Solstice

It’s the longest day of the year, in terms not about how your life is trending, but daylight hours. For … More

Time’s Gift

It’s that late hourBeer in handThe yard work done againI watch the close of the faded irisPurple and whiteNot as … More

Very Superstitious?

Here’s my rough draft for today, Sunday 01.23.22. Very Superstitious? I toss the salt over my shoulder, but I never … More

Committed to Memory

It is here now for a minute, that finger-drawn faceon the steamed glass is yours, ars brevis,fading as the warmth … More

On the Clock

I always think it’s a dream, you know, that whole today is ending now,the clock ticking me up to midnight … More

The Bigger Picture

Each year of my life, from the very first timeI was conscious of believing it might be this way,I was … More

Some Costly Free Advice

Each new door is an opening on another dawn. Yawn. I sing, “It seems to me I’ve heard that song … More

Never Fear

I’m at the age where nostalgia’s candleburns bright.The yearning for something from the pastcan beunbearable at times,the bursting chest and … More

The Remnant Hours

Rising, late in the day, the hours so strange these days, it’s time to take off the coat of sleep … More

Including Plagiarized Passages on Sections of Skin

to the reticular dermisshow a cystic cavitylined by attenuated squamous epithelium.A prominent granular layer is presentwith overlying compact, lamellated corneocytes.The … More

Today

When your legs moved like wheels,the pounding exhilarating,arms pumping, well-oiled pistons,remember the more and more of a young blood rush. Such … More

One Last Act of Love

For the sake of this loved onewe know it must be done,all we singlular fossils of the future,all of us … More

Count Up

The first thing he doesn’t do is remember to start shooting. A nurse picks up the camera and assumes the … More

Rough Cut

I read that a 90-minute movie optimally accommodates our 2021 attention spans. In the back of my mind I recall … More

On Earth We Come and Go

Like a dog in years, a wet cold perfectly upholstered nose, long body sleek curled up here before the fire, … More