"Why," I implore, "Must the curtains Fly at half mast?" "Because," she sighs, "They must. Or else The silk will crush." So I leave them, Droopy eyelids Veiling the view. (Source: "Roman Shades", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) ...
Midlife Mashup
Winter Cycles
I spied these bicycles on the street in New York City as I walked out of a cooking class. I think it was the class when we learned all about tuna. Or maybe it was the class we learned how to prepare Brussels sprouts coleslaw and wrapped up our meal with salted caramel... It was bitterly cold and a few front runner snowflakes were swirling among the taxis and busses. Winter's cold grip was ...
Laugh Wrinkle
“It’s a crack,” she says. “Not a wrinkle.” “Or both,” I say, gently moving her hand From my face. “Wrinkles are like cracks.” “But how could you crack your face?” “Laughing,” I say. “And smiling.” (Source: "Cracked", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) This was an amusing, real life exchange with one of my nieces that is sandwiched roughly mid-poem. It might be the best part. Perhaps the bread and ...
Beauty
This beguiling maiden stands along Canyon Road in Santa Fe. I'll verify the gallery and the sculptor anon, but for now a "doodle bomb" with only a subtle hint of the beauty remaining, cloaked in labyrinthine admiration. Think less of a maze-veil and more of a meditation on her surfaces and contours. That sounds smutty. Sorry. Skip the smut and conjure up slow, contemplative pacing through ...
Scream
It's blustery and overcast, but I try to concentrate on contentment, scream, skinny dip in innovation. Errands in the forecast as natural and tarnished as, "Because I said so..." (Source: "Scream", 40x41: Midlife Crisis Postponed) ...
Photogenic
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