A shadorma. A surprise the phone rang silent I was out When I called it went straight to her voice mail She is sleeping now (3 October 2016)
Tag: phone
Mirror selfie (a poem)
Why do they always look at their phones instead of at the mirror? She always looks bored as she stares at the mirror phone in hand that distant gaze frozen in place seemingly unconcerned as if she can’t afford to make things clearer for us to understand the difficult days beneath the face in the [...]
Empty flickers (A poem)
The first line came to mind while listening to Before the Flood… The script was tired all that ink spilled keeping actors in line But never mind— the best scenes were cut for the sake of reducing time The guy with his head in his phone is missing it all anyway (10 December 2015—posted December [...]
Closed-caption poem (A poem)
With a few small changes here and there, taken from closed-captioning… Man speaks indistinctly Camera clicks Man whispers Breathing deeply Ceiling banging Sighs Rattling Sighs Rattling continues Sighs Knife clatters Woman Man Metal clangs Sighs Metal clatters Electronic music plays Tires squeal Loud music plays on car stereo Gears grind Metal creaks Grunts Camera shutter [...]
22 hours and counting…
We had a rare August windstorm in the Seattle area yesterday. The lights went out in my neighborhood around 1 or 1:30. Despite the daylight, the winds no doubt hampered the efforts of crews to restore electricity. When I got home from an early evening out and about, the lights were still out. It wasn’t [...]
