In the empty of the evening In the remnants of the day When my head was half deciding That fatigue would have its way, I could hear the bamboo singing Like it did before the storm And though a north wind blew, My heart surrendered to the warm. In the solace of the evening WhenContinue reading “The Old Green Bridge Was Green Again”
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Disappointment
I’ve noted your disappointment folded the note into an origami rhinoceros sealed it in an envelope labeled it “URGENT” and filed it away somewhere in my memory bank BUT I’d be happy to retrieve it for you tomorrow, should you need it again or should I, for once, decide to give a fuck. (c)2009 RhondaContinue reading “Disappointment”
Graveyard
i feel the sudden
urge to take my
brain out of
storage
Burned Roots
He looked at an old photograph and commented: Life and love were so uncomplicated back then. Yes, I said. How did we manage to complicate it so? I think that I’ve over-fertilized my garden and burned the roots. I think the drought of our carelessness dried it up and the first faint winds of discordContinue reading “Burned Roots”
On The Rim of the Universe
I sit on the rim of the universe
I feed on the fear of the fall
I sit on the far end of what you would want
Unable to wade through it all
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