He held the book that had been hard to find and might be harder to read. The old man in … More
Tag: #Time
Ode To Housework
Here’s to the broom, the mop, and the spongesThe cloths, the sprays, and the toilet bowl brushesTools of the exercise … More
Midwestern Return
With the windows up it’s so quietThe dead and I can only hear the engine humThe AC pump purring its … More
That Unkind of Call
When people still had landline telephonesSometimes I wanted to throw mine out the windowThe last time we talked, he told … More
To Books Never Read
The shelves, like his mind, are stuffed with booksAnd there are piles of them, neatly stackedOn tables throughout the houseMore … More
Extraction
It’s at moments like these a man faces his mortalitySmokes that last cigarette to settle his nervesA prisoner facing the … More
A Family Tradition
I remember, nearing the endBefore dementia overwhelmed himThe first thing every morningMy father read the newspaperTurning more and more oftenTo … More
The Years
Time creeps, time runsSometimes bothSometimes only oneIt moves along at any rate When you near the finish lineWill you show … More
Late Friends
At this rate, you may meet them in your next lifeHunched here, ass throbbing, sliding on the benchTo catch the … More
Hauntings
I see the scene of resting that night poorlyThe fitful 2:00 a.m. dead of a Madison nightOutside a Lutheran church … More
Until Then
When I do something now that I did 40 years agoWith the same ease as back then, I’m sometimes amazed … More
Fall Apart
You may think your love’s perfectly pieced togetherThe final puzzle as pretty as the picture on the boxEvery curve and … More
Shadow Cast
Doris sat smiling at the shadow. She knew why it was cast that way. It had come to her while … More
ThisClose
Once upon a time, my neighborhood was made upOf huge yards upon which rested grand homes Now, after all of … More
She Was There
I came home in time to catch the tail end of the showThe part where he found her finallyBecause even … More
The Dimming of the Day
On the night I died I dreamt those twilight dreamsThe way you fever dream when you’re half awakeI saw my … More
How We Grow
Magical, the way our lives danced like a fairytale spinningCharmed amalgam of fantasy, dream, and highest heartsMy good fortune our … More
This Unknown Way
I glance behind sensing that I’ll seeIt’s only myself standing behind me I wonder why I should trust youNot knowing … More
Shifting Sands
It should be calm here and soothing as the waves break tonightBut there’s a tension, not romantic, in their rigid … More
From Words to Silence
I write to keep you safe, captured in these wordsI keep you leaving traces and love’s truthsYou live on in … More
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