morning
offers another gray-faced
shrug
Month: July 2016
7/30/16: The Forced Smile Effect
“It’s about,” they say,
“pretending you are not
pretending”
7/29/16: Thinking of Horses
and every other
animal wearing leashes
now invisible
7/28/16: Ugly Forecast
roiling squall—voice
somewhere between shouting
and weeping
7/27/16: Musing
clouds smudged
at the horizon—leaves nod
to a breath of wind
7/26/16: 30th Anniversary
my heart—
beating the rhythm
you know
7/25/16: And the Umbrellas Come Out
when the sky
becomes dim enough—shadows
absorb us
7/24/16: Contemplating Retirement
though
my mind is still
seventeen
7/23/16: So You Say
there must be
or have been rain—you see
everything darker
7/22/16: Another Sort of Extinction
you hear bass
before the car passes—then
treble whimpering
