Someplace We Shouldn’t Have Been
The police thought that we were burglars. After, all, we were looking for something in the dark, trying to get a good deal, someplace we shouldn’t have been, if only because that’s not where the prize was hidden.
You Can Get There
Remember that time when we asked for directions, and the guy at the gas station just said, “You can’t get there from here.” But the truth is, you can get anyplace from anywhere. You might need a bike, or a … Continued
The Problem With You
You mean to tell me that there’s something I could do better? Really? Have you not noticed all the things you’ve been doing not-quite-correctly? I guess it just goes to show sometimes we only notice the faults in others. Yes, … Continued
Skill Share
What do you know, and what could you learn? Let’s teach each other; we’ll all take turns. I could teach about my life: how to make good beans and rice, how to cook sans rice and beans, how to live … Continued
Blankets
Across the room, across the hall, the sun is crossing over all the blankets crossed across your bed, the colors, blue and pink and red and purple, too– the whole gamut. Quilts from almost every grandma!
$6.50
The most fun I could have on a Friday evening with $6.50 in change was most indisputably to take the truck to the carwash and spray and spray and spray.
Time Will Tell
Am I buying time or giving it time? Only time will tell.
Catching Up
I can sit here and catch up on poems because you are off playing by yourself. So we are both working independently. You are catching up to me; we’re not so different as before, and I know you’ll catch up … Continued