Dear Thursday, Cankles, begone! Love, Kevin (31 October 2019)
Tag: October 2019
Dear Wednesday…
Dear Wednesday, Another month, another unexpected minor illness, another week of anti-something or other… Love, Kevin (30 October 2019)
Convergence(a poem)
A coincidence, followed by an extra glass or two of vinho verde. Without knowing it each of us bought the same typewriter to write our self-deprecating poems You’ve got a head start on me I was discouraged at 19 disinclined to say any more until on the cusp of 24 Now I’m alone in a [...]
Shards with dull edges (a poem)
Too many hours of waiting mixed with the refrain from a Kid Creole song results in this: The ranks of profligate spenders are already filled to bursting but baby needs new shoes— and I need an antidote for unrelenting blues I think the valve is leaking helium accumulating in the rafters but the deeper I [...]
Dear Tuesday…
Dear Tuesday, Okay. Let’s try this again. Where Monday failed, you will succeed. Love, Kevin (29 October 2019)
Dear Monday…
Dear Monday, Happy National Chocolate Day! Love, Kevin (28 October 2019)
Disappearing stars on a field (a poem)
I’m watching a ‘black screen’ video that really depicts rainfall from the apparent viewpoint of the cloud, while the cat is giving me The Stare… The eyes staring back at me have questions I have no answers I have no tears Waiting is about all I can do And sleep I can sleep (27 October [...]
Dear Sunday…
Dear Sunday, Is this even the same movie? Love, Kevin (27 October 2019)
Snapshot from the season of magic and loss (a poem)
Drove home tonight while listening to Lou Reed’s Magic and Loss… Darkness chased me all the way home I saw it every time I looked in the rear-view mirror The horizon before me disguised itself as thick fog atop which a long, thin cloud lay languid, cat-like, a lover drowsy in the aftermath I was [...]
Dear Saturday…
Dear Saturday, Let the Saturdaying begin! Love, Kevin (26 October 2019)