We run together in the strong windThe two of us launching my first kiteHe’d made for meCutting and gluing the … More
Tag: #Games
What the child sees
And wraith-like rollsSome marble maybeSmiles at nothing visibleAs far as I can seePlays some internal gameKnown only to herWith the … More
Addict
It began in early December,Just a brief 30 days or so ago,And already I know,As a 45-year smokerWho tried to … More
Purchased for Research Purposes
They’re handcuffsCalled “wrist restraints”Made of leatherHe adds a “scandal flogger”Wonders about the tickle and the stingBuys these two for nowThey … More
Games
Most days you could solve the Spelling Beejust by looking at the 7-letter honeycomb pattern.Those pangrams were child’s play,and finding … More
Let’s play pretend, I say
They give me an odd look. Well okay then, I seemy knee in her back –the small of it, looks … More
A Little Advice
Trying to recall, I started counting when you said it,how many times you’d told me that before.“You should never do … More
Puzzling
She turns both the box cover and bottom over, taps themon the coffee table, asks me did I hide the … More
Covid, I tell you, too sick to write. But I think I’m back. This draft is called “King of the Lily Pond”
Ed reads the draft of his story. It’s about Joe, his oldest cousin, tall and broad, much more so than … More
The Honesty Policy
Albert could hear him stop on the other side of the door. He sounded like an asthmatic, as if the exertion … More
Playing Old
When it’s time for me to pretend I’ve grown old,I’ve decided the most important thingI’ll need to be able to … More
Pray for a Generation A
We’re in a woeful state, down to the last generation: Z.I fear it might be they’re an omega of generations … More
It’s All Work
You would think so, right, that during the downtime one of us might have done it, but we never have. … More
Accident
We’d collected tops, when they became a fad, nearly eclipsing yoyos.You replaced the nylon or cheap metal tips with nails,then … More
Icarus, Move Over
The pink plumeria tree still stands there. I can see it from my patio. More than twice its height at … More
No Game Stop
We were that amusement, some bright, shiny object,the birthday toy, the circus mobile spinning above the crib to mesmerizeor maybe … More
Mānoa Driving Lessons
Friday nights we smoke dopedrink Strawberry Hilland I give Steve driving lessons Every time we pass by her houseSteve stops … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 3, The Terrible Twos
The Terrible Twos? Hell. Shouldn’t this be Chapter 2 then, not Chapter 3? Curses. I’ll have to hammer that out come the final edit. … More
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