October 23, 2023

the supreme satisfaction
when we hear from the front yard
laughter and admiration
at our Skeleton Self-Scare Party

[Halloween decorating:
we may be a little
later than we wanted
but at least we got it
and we got it
good]

October 19, 2023

i definitely feel like my concentration is a bit
gone
these days

don’t know if i’ll get it back

don’t know if i want it back

but i suppose
this is how
human-ness goes

~~~

how many times must i
write ‘how many times must i’
until it captures this tiredness
from life
and structure
and stricture
and strife
enough that i can leave
that openng phrase
behind?

~~~

don’t know if that poem is
exactly what i was trying to say
but hey —
i said it.

October 14, 2023

golden sun
on a golden dog
in a golden human’s house

(but she may be the silver sliver of a ghost now)

(i wonder if ghosts ever fill
their transparent selves
with the amber hue
of gold)