The light is happy where you areSurrounding as it doesAn object of our Lord’s delightAnd--most precious--in His sightThe tender flawThe light is happy where you are
Song For M This Morning
I’ve opened my eyes to uncertain skiesI know you have as wellAnd try as we may and try as we mustTo hold to each other and the One that we trustIn time my angel the iron will rustAnd the vines will creep over the bell Oh, but the thing that you always did bringThat I … Continue reading Song For M This Morning
That Was An Odd One To Intrude
Oh, it's youSaucy minxFlint and fireGentleman’s jinx Hold it outHold it closePull it backWhen it’s needed most I'll never lose youGod knows I've triedPoisoned the breadcrumbsBred the flies Help me outYou’re good at mathWhat’s left when what’s leftCuts ever in half? Suitcase briefcasePurse and clutchYou met me emptyJust the once Hold it outHold it closePull … Continue reading That Was An Odd One To Intrude
Posse at Twitter Gap
The Devil came in the nightChanged their hats black from whiteAt dawn the posse awoke They gathered their gearTrusted year after yearNot one good man noticed the joke When they rode into townTo gun bad guys downThey frightened the Church going folk A glimpse in its glassOf themselves as they passedGave a warning most like … Continue reading Posse at Twitter Gap
Tuned Out It Wasn’t Me
I heard the tuned and hammered stringStrike out a note that I could singIn that moment I would bringA voice among the choir I harmonize in David’s chord!A thought my head could not affordThe Devil, friends, does not get boredWaiting by the fire Soon I sang another strainOf voices only in my brainIf I’ve a … Continue reading Tuned Out It Wasn’t Me
Traffic Light
When I spotted them my first thought was nautical: She's broad in the beam. So was my second. He's three sheets to. I pegged them instantly as a breed of retired couples I've become very fond of. Homey and doughy and okay with that. They spend the golden years, health be damned, doing the things … Continue reading Traffic Light
It’s So You (Breaking Wave)
Chorus: Well now here you are, where the years fade away with a whisper And the people you loved, oh the people you loved they fade away too And you, standing at the window with a cup of tea, making a silly face, that would have made them smile It’s so you The laughter comes … Continue reading It’s So You (Breaking Wave)
Why Are We Wet?
Saw a show last night on PBS Why I had it on is anyone’s guess Said this world is not what it seems You ‘n me are made out of the stuff of dreams Itty bitty bits that no eye can see Twitchin’ like Elvis on a weekend spree Peeped over his specs ‘n said … Continue reading Why Are We Wet?
Song To Pass The Time In Leonard Cohen Voice, Which Started As A Lark But Maybe I’ll Try To Work It Into Something (Unfinished)
She lives on inside a cloneof whispers she left on your phoneand though you'll never be alonewith her she lingersYou play those whispers one by onethe heat the hurt then Chekhov's gunyou're a third act prop, bud, one amongthe necessary fingers There is no wound for you to healno letter waiting for your sealno lips … Continue reading Song To Pass The Time In Leonard Cohen Voice, Which Started As A Lark But Maybe I’ll Try To Work It Into Something (Unfinished)
A Writing Prompt
[Editor's Note: I wrote this in a reflection on the Black Fatigue conversation currently sweeping social media. This incident happened forty years ago and is vivid in my memory. I believe the woman in the fitted blue suit--her name is Dannice, it came to me yesterday morning--would be hurt and distressed at where we've landed … Continue reading A Writing Prompt
Aging Sinfully
Cheating on a ghost or shellSatisfies the need for HellIn that sweet perdition liesAll the Hell that satisfies Cheating on still supple thighDoes not tho make heaven sighIt leaves what gamblers call a tellIn vacant gaze of ghost or shell
Early Bird Special
What thoughts should I be thinking now?Grand kids sprouting up like weedsNeighbors' twins got into med schoolWhat was that ping in the SUV? But I see the West is stacking hoodlumsEach one looking at his screenDon't hang your head boys things are hopelessBut they're exactly what they seem They watch the East collecting armiesMissiles point … Continue reading Early Bird Special
Bouillabaisse
Tall Tuber eschewed sophistryAs he explained the world to meGod's figurine I am I amAnd thank heavens not a Clam Sweet Clam replied with hurtful smileShe, as he, employed no guileThe whole tureen– divinity!When first you take a sup of me In kiss-me apron, silly vestGod prepares to serve his guestsClam, meet Tuber, how'd you … Continue reading Bouillabaisse
For The Record
Ah, as I log in to start this rant, I’m invited by Google to test their new AI. Thanks, no. Wonder if the invitation will be repeated after this post. Realized I needed to provide a little clarity with this blog, for the benefit of its dozens of readers and, as I imagine it, for … Continue reading For The Record
Three Thoughts, Dear Friend
She kept on her phone a Prayer she wroteTo a Thought she didn’t love or serveThen wondered out loud on the throneWhy life had thrown her such a curve But her kindest eyes were bruised by tears--Why cede the bruise that's His to mend?While pledging not one move toward GodMade each heartbroken soul a friend … Continue reading Three Thoughts, Dear Friend
Prayer in 140 Characters
Thank you for my tiny life Lord Jesus ChristMy little group of friends, our manageable affairsThank you for the courage to face our shared mortalitiesThank you for inside jokesThank you for an abundance of personality in a small sample sizeThank you for this blessed life
A Pigeon Story Yesterday
Beware of your own best intentionsInside the silver lining it's darkI thought I was feeding the pigeonsTurned out I was feeding a hawk The flock flew down and fluttered togetherI sighed at this particular twoHe was all, hey what's up?She was all, check you boo! [They'd dance awhile then take a peckAt seeds that I … Continue reading A Pigeon Story Yesterday
Evening Drivel Rover Red
I used to be the shadow on a bowling ballZoned in on any pin standing tallThe sight of humans well arrangedLeft my mind and soul estranged I much preferred the companyOf litter runt and orphaned beeWe knew then as they know nowThe game is rigged if you don’t ask how Two lines were formed a … Continue reading Evening Drivel Rover Red
untitled halloween nightmare
sloughing off the skin of air are the scales of the coiling nighteyes in the hollows patient and coldeyes in the patient hollow and coldoh the mess when together we mistook one for a kiteplay with your hands she said oh buster did I
Three Or Four Oldies Lying Around
What if nature takes the wig offWiggles out of wonky spanxSays, okay, we’ve tried it your wayBut, people, really,...no thanks! Paint the molecules dear friendsDiscolor suits youWhen the shaman passes by?That's him that boots you The press boys playing fast and looseGander comes out as a gooseLady Liberty lost a toothSmiling for a selfie The … Continue reading Three Or Four Oldies Lying Around
Scratchlings
Tectonic political platesHeaven’s Virtual GateIce latte ageSame old burnt page Wake up citizens say ahBent over as we are * Wally Stevens said-this is before he was deadTime and place are equalWhen it comes to sadThey’re evenly badbut he’s mum about the sequel
The Hour is Coming, and Now Is 