words

i string words together
not for nothing 
that i can find myself
when i get lost 
in the madness of
this world

refuge

how do you protect 
your heart

if you really loved
you cannot

at least you
really loved

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our best work comes
when we are not conscious
when the passage of time
cannot be mapped
the best is so often
a surprise

birds mia

one day
when all our birds are drones
may we remember who we are
and what

we are

here for

grateful for

and never forget what

we lost

work it

when you work hard long enough you

will discover a cadence a

value in it nobody

can ever 

deny

fish

we plucked the worms from the earth and pinioned them on hooks on strings and cast them into the lake for the sunfish to strike and get hooked through the gills then fight and flight and make it worse and we reeled them in ona pole and plucked the fish from the waters and let them gasp for air while baking on the planks of the dock in the sun until dead then put them in a crayfish trap tied to a cleat and threw it overboard for three days and nights and pulled it up full of crabs cannot get out then boiled a pot of water ona stove and threw all the crayfish in to boil red and cool and break the tails off suck the head, all in the name of lazy summer fun. we were kids. i won’t be upset if i never go fishing again.

wish upon a screen

she gave me a soda
these were better days she
got her boyfriend out
calling the cops when
he beat her up

let’s sit ona brick and concrete slab  drinkin sugar water outta green aluminum cans

let us milk the moment

who knows how long 
this will last