early morning Kharma

Just out of reach -- a "snooze button" -- damn!

Intimation of nirvana

stillness of early morning before the world wakes, intimation of nirvana.

Stiletto heels

stiletto heels clacking on a hard, cool sidewalk -- midnight traffic

Mom's Sunday dress

so many puddles, so little time, so clean and white mom's Sunday dress...

afternoon rain

lazy raindrops splash on my window sill

river

a slow, green river flows past red clay banks

Saturday morning

smells of morning coffee no rival to a snooze button

field mouse encounters falcon

only a tuft of fur remains after talons flash

after biting an apple

finding half a worm is much worse than finding a whole

Guilty pleasures

Breakfast in bed -- but entirely unplanned

Che

on a mortuary slab: the 'new man,' handless

"Sweetness"

much bitterness in "Sweetness," the sadness of being Walter Payton

Silverfish

on a sea of yellowed paper swim silverfish