you have a new name
you NEEDED a new name
and maybe the old one
hung off you like a bad suit.
so did you ever wish
you were named differently?
or just gimme nonsense.
Month: October 2003
darker than usual
Daylight Savings hit –
it’s not yet 6pm
and the porch light is on.
it’s been raining all day
and all i can think of
is hibernating . . .
just after this hot chai.
what do you do on
dark rainy days?
and eat it too . . .
eating cake with your fingers
is really quite enjoyable.
i mean sure – a fork is useful
but to drag your fingers
through sweet frosting
and gently tear off
mouth-sized bites
is more engaging somehow.
next i try drinking wine
out of a bowl.
soon, i promise . . .
my dear deviants
of sweet repore . . .
forgive me for
my tardy thank yous
i have read you all
and have been trying to
keep it light.
this week has been awful 🙁
we lost a four-year old
member of my family
under suspicious circumstances.
i dislike my journals
to bleed personal
difficult information
but there is something
so very very wrong
about a tiny coffin.
i believe in life
of all things
especially
the small
and defenseless.
tell me a story . . .
do you remember your favorite book as a child?
either one you liked having read to you,
or impacted you as you read to yourself?
i liked pretty much EVERYTHING by Shel Silverstein:
The Giving Tree
A Light in the Attic
Where the Sidewalk Ends
and i enjoyed Judy Blume.
you?
Mary had a Little Moth
But it followed me to work – not school.
Yesterday, i was standing at a table, taking a lunch order when i felt a crawling tickle on the back of my knee, and shook a moth out of my pant leg. It was rather big, with silver and chocolate brown spots.
It flew up and circled the table in an oddly beautiful spiraling arc, and everyone stared quietly – then laughed.
I had to explain that i JUST washed these pants, and the door near the laundry has bright lights and these guys just float in.
I also explained my affinity for things with wings, and everywhere i go, they are sure to follow, looking to have their photos taken.