Why do you end the conversation
as soon as I spot a flaw
in your argument?

The sky is patched with ragged
clouds that let the blue
leak through.

Like the lengthy shadows of
late afternoon, imagined wrongs
can seem very significant.

Ratiocination is of no use
when discussing love.

Whale song summons a listening attitude,
not one that is insistent or obtrusive.

To interpret a speed limit sign as
indicating the minimum speed allowed
rather than the implied maximum,
is to show little concern for prolonging life.

A flock of sparrows arranged
themselves along the top
of the chain link fence
like little feathered finials.

An unfortunately timed yawn
can bring a romantic moment
to an abrupt end.

This road was not paved
with good intentions, just
dust and shadows.

Every public park hides evidence
of the phantom presence
of the homeless.

In rough seas, each overhanging crest
of a wave wears an even nastier scowl
on its face than its predecessor.

Googie architecture decorates
many of my stranger
dreamscapes.

It is two a.m. and my brain is inflamed.
I thought to extinguish it with the ink from my pen,
but it only fueled the fire.

An ornate frame
may be preferable to that
which it contains.

Modern art exists in everyday life.

(note: photo is of a bolt securing a light pole to its base and was shot from directly overhead. Color is true)

A buoy tethered in a turbulent
ocean of indigo colored waves
breaks the silence.

Magnificent sounds bursting
from the huge pipe organ
cudgel me sensuously.

Sunday was so foggy it was as if
the landscape had been masked out
with liquid frisket.

Rain causes the bumbershoot to blossom.

Many small stones
can be found within a
mountain of words.

I looked out my window this morning
and cried, because the blinds had
sliced the sky to ribbons.

Keep pen and paper by your bedside,because the creative impulse is like sickness;
It can wake you up in the middle of the night
searching for a place to spew your insides.

Impaling an earthworm on a fish-hook
leaves both of us squirming.

Footprints found
where two paths cross were
those of passing strangers.

B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators
had ball turrets that bulged
like a frog's eyes.

Weekdays the shopping mall is less like a
shrine to conspicuous consumption,
and more like an Old West ghost town.

Thanks to Laura Ashley,
I sleep in a flowerbed.

Cold fear follows the significant crack
occurring beneath my feet as I
cross the frozen lake.

Grandma's house smelled of both
freshly baked bread and the
fustiness of old age.

Main Street is only four short blocks
in length, with an enormous expanse
of windswept prairie at either end.

There are those with a predominant
color in their wardrobe; the more Gothic
are preoccupied with black.

Vanity won't exaggerate its
wrinkles by smiling
very much.

Some artists reduce their reality
to color at the expense of the other
constituent elements.

Automobile showrooms are
dumb shows of machines
with no concept of velocity.

Turn over the Tiger Cowrie
to see its toothy grimace.