aches and pains
the subtle differences
between snowflakes
~Robert Witmer
always that one guy asleep on the train
folded in half
~Kathy Watts
Frosted
You
think you are a chocolate cake you frosted for dessert. You think
your sweet talk more than pays for all the times
I paid your bills
and offered you free rent. You expect me to pay the tab when we go
out to eat. You never leave a tip. I
have a tip for you, my dear. You
are just a frosted flake, and you’re not worth the milk to flush
you down my throat and
out the other end.
~Nolcha
Fox
a bonbon
on my lifeline
time will tell
~Robert Witmer
odds and ends
the grotesque handles
on the coffin of my dreams
~Robert Witmer
I Don’t Understand
Explain
to me this transition from life to death, this nakedness of being
between a last sip of coffee and a chiseled
stiff in a coffin, soon
to be forgotten. Perhaps this is a last split millisecond to practice
the fine art of nothing, a last
whoop where we swing over a chasm of
whitewater before we fall. We fall. Without understanding.
~Nolcha Fox
a stranded salmon
its mouth opens and closes
…the fear of speaking out
~Wanda Amos
inside
the huge fish
his wife's ring
~David C. Kopaska-Merkel
limp chocolate dashboard rundown
~David C. Kopaska-Merkel
skeleton dance
his bony hands
creep lower
~David C. Kopaska-Merkel
long skeletal branch
stretches deep into autumn woods
swallowed in darkness
~Steve Van Allen
millions of sperm
seeking one egg
new moon
~Wanda Amos
Today
I am perfect
For I have done nothing but lie in bed
~Sam
Kilkenny
too deep for crows feet
must be
ravens feet
~Kathy Watts
my
life
moving into the slow lane…
my
smart car
commends me
for my eco driving
~Wanda
Amos
vector analysis
a misplaced mosquito
in the palm of my hand
~Robert Witmer
