Trick or treat 3

Argued over what
candy to buy. She wanted
KitKats. Blow Pops won.

Porcelain serenity

Only quiet time
to read tea ceremony
book is in bathroom.

Dead tired

Every night I
play Russian Roulette with sleep
instead of bullets.

Can’t sleep 7

I said I’d be in
bed by ten. Then midnight. Now
it’s one. How ’bout three?

Boob tube

I lock the TV
behind the armoire doors so
I can get work done.

Deadline

Some days it feels like
all I do is sit on this
couch and write for hours.

Trick or treat 2

Halloween spirit
eludes me, like the ghost of
someone I once loved.

Daylight savings time

Turn the clocks back next
week? I could use that extra
hour of sleep right now…

Trick or treat

Decorations for
Halloween still not up. Life
seems scary enough.

San Diego fire 12 -11:20 pm EST

Nighttime landscapes blaze.
Lines of fire on hillsides trace
borders of life death.