Inheritance They didn’t tell me, when I moved to Phoenix that I would have to bring my own water. That was OK, of course, since I’d been born in Chicago and had the entire Lake Michigan at my disposal. My parents still live in a hut in Saugatuak. I ask them to send my share [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Nicole’
Chicago
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chicago, Michigan, Nicole, Phoenix, water on April 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A very mediocre poem
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Cheating, Mirror, Moon, Nicole, Potatoes on April 12, 2009 | 1 Comment »
The Cheaters They want the kind of pity the Potato Eaters generate. They want you to believe Their desperation, in the brown colored cloaks Their lives were hooded with. They want you To feel sorry that they had only one Potato to themselves and who doesn’t want More and more and more potato? Pretty soon, [...]
April 10?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dating, Nicole, OK, Skin, Trees on April 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Scientific Dating There was a fall or a sharp edge or a disavowal of love. There was a rug burn or a rope burn or the face of him popping up online like an ad for E-trade. There was a broken arm, a bicycle, a scraped knee and someone who promised forever forever ago reappeared [...]
Flagstaff
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Nicole on April 4, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Flagstaff The wind has come to this mountain town like a man looking for a job. These are hard times and the train, like the wind, comes straight through here. The jobs are as bare as the ponderosa-pushing duff. How can trees grow out of dry dust? The man is hired to be a dishwasher [...]
Poetry Month
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Nicole on April 2, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here is one poem. Perhaps there will be more. Thanks to Dr. Write for making this happen. Mycelium As if there was anything bad to say about April. It’s a fine month. There are plants coming up and the wind is allowed to be creative with your hair and roots of young trees are soaking [...]
