7/31/16: And Today

morning

offers another gray-faced

shrug

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