Arcata airport

So small, it’s got one
airline. Flight almost cancelled,
nearly stranding her.

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Brief holiday visit

Once her nest, now a
museum to her old self.
Home is elsewhere.

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Abandoned blog

Held back by your tight
seventeen syllable leash,
I write elsewhere now.

San Diego

Shivering at the
airport. Colder than O’Hare.
Turn back, refund flight.

On cutting off long hair

Strands layered, length chopped,
I change, shed years, fears, regrets.
Why’d I wait so long?

Afterwards

We discuss the soul,
ponder death’s postlude, then choose
the happy ending.

Two hours of sleep

Eyes red focus shot
totally worthless but I
still need that paycheck.

Dizziness diagnosis

He feared brain blood clots
but it’s labyrinthitis.
He’ll live after all.

Dizzy

Why his head spins he
doesn’t know. Vertigo’s made
the world hell’s fun house.

Loser

You still up? Dude, it’s
not like the internet won’t
be there tomorrow.