Morning of January 5, 2024

 

the aging streetwalker's orthopedic shoes

~John J. Dunphy

his dry wit

I interview

a wine critic

~John J. Dunphy

on rainy nights

even the buddha snores

~Jay Passer

the refrigerator doesn't care

what I think

~Jay Passer

a murmuration of starlings

violating the Second Law of Thermodynamics

power lines

~Joshua St. Claire

candlelight

how tenderly he caresses

his iPhone

~Joshua St. Claire

paying a dime

for penny candy

cost of living adjustment

~Joshua St. Claire

Brand Name Cereal

now with more…

                              marketing

~Joshua St. Claire

the light of dead stars

                                       grocery store tabloids

~Joshua St. Claire

the Pierian Spring overflows as our Alps melt

you can't scuba dive

in the desert too many

heads in the sand

~dan smith

burnt rice —

the sticky remains

of our marriage

~Debarati Sen

fading colours

of betta fish –

mom turns sixty

~Debarati Sen

the new year dawns

before the sun rises—

Damn-cat-knocks-phone-off-bedside-table-at-four-am

~Jennifer Gurney

Why think of drowning?

A cricket on a floating branch

sings, just sings.

~Fhen M.

black-eyed peas the cornbread crumbles

~Jenn Ryan-Jauregui