Forced

Disappointment like
a kidney punch makes it hard
to smile through the pain.

Martin Luther King, Jr.

He had a dream but
his murder was our nightmare.
It’s time to wake up.

Theatre of the mind

Never read the play
before you see it performed.
There’s too much drama.

Toil and trouble

Cleaning is like con-
fession. You’re surprised by dirt
under the surface.

Face waxing

In a misguided
effort I peeled off half my
face and left the hair.

Lieutenant of Inishmore

Bloody mess of a
play that has you laughing at
clots of gore and death.

Meaning lessons: 3 views of two words overheard

“Meaning glistens.” Or
“meaning listens.” Or perhaps
it’s “meaning lessens.”

Tree falls in the forest analogy

I stop posting in
the blogosphere.  No one reads
me. Do I exist?

No commitments

Nothing pleases me.
Time I don’t have to account for.
A blank calendar.

Free at last

Today was her last
day on a job I said ‘don’t
quit’ two years ago.