Bad reaction

All day my eyes itched
as if they were allergic
to viewing my life.

The day after

Busyness is best
to occupy, medicate
you. Endings are hard.

High school

You’ll never again
feel pain, joy both at once. Be
so at odds with life.

Speak

When you unburden,
you hope listeners will care.
Yet some could care less.

Children’s show

J’s Sleeping Beauty.
Small kids grab at her princess
gown with sticky hands.

Dissection

Every day with
words I pin down bits of my
self for all to view.

Cup of gluttony

When you take skim milk
in your coffee, heavy cream
is an indulgence.

Scenes from an Italian restaurant chain

After the high school
show they flirt over pizza
sodas at Uno’s.

Autumn precedence

Trees have never held
leaves as late as November.
Frost was wrong. Gold stays.

Opinionated

I wrote a letter
to a magazine. Maybe
they will publish it.