January thaw

Like skin, snow sags droops
puckers. Tears slide across a
hard crusty surface.

Disappointment

A sink hole opens
in a once serene landscape
and cannot be filled.

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Evernote

Ideas on the fly,
dictate to iPhone. Moleskine,
we hardly knew ye.

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Book hoarder lets go

Finding new homes through
Amazon. Not selling. I’m
aiding adoptions.

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David Bowie

The man who fell to
earth left us too soon, stardust
in Major Tom’s wake.

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Agoraphobia

Inside ease comfort
outside unpredictable
so hard that first step.

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Tonight’s Powerball drawing

With a ticket comes
hope, and since I’m ticketless,
I’m hopeless and lost.

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Procrastination

Dandelion seed
responsibilities float
away on each breath

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Winter sun

Summer is golden
butterscotch, January
skim milk, thin weak pale.

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House near Woodstock

A’s dream–a fairy
cottage in the woods–simply
too good to be real.

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