Tag: October 2019

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]