Children can make or break a relationship.  They, these little humans, have a say on whether a woman should or should not be a step-mom.  I believe that is how it should be, honestly, because who really wants to waste her time on a family who doesn’t feel the same way… Read full post »

All I ever wanted
Was to be able to walk
With a few. 

The ones who
valued the human and
what it means to be
humble and true.

All I ever wanted
Was to have a family
Of my own.

The ones who are happy to
see me and to tell me this will
always/… Read full post »

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The defective train
shakes on precarious rails
Its iron body
with soft knees begs him,
“Please, you are killing me!”

The burdened blues man
Spray paints jaded words at her.
“Don’t give me no shit!”

Her mouth contorts,
melting metal on fire, an/… Read full post »

The eye sees scarlet
Tides of opulent places
misty coastal towns
near Portsmouth, whispered
confessions and guilt.

Oscar Wilde, the man
Held Doyle’s attention in dim rooms
Its dark woods and smoky thoughts
Mere backdrops to delicate
 Humor and admiration.

The deduction… Read full post »

I watch you disappear behind those doors
The ER being the fire burning at the edges
of your mortality.

What happens if you don’t walk back through those doors
coming back to me?  What if I don’t get to tell you
that I Love you and that I will always love you.

What if I… Read full post »

Question: What song in 1989 was used for teaching?

Answer: We didn't start the fire. 

Harry Truman, Doris Day, Red China, Johnnie Ray
South Pacific, Walter Winchell, Joe DiMaggio

Joe McCarthy, Richard Nixon, Studebaker, television
North Korea, South Korea, Marilyn Monroe


Rosenbergs, H-… Read full post »

Brown-eyed acrobat
Abandoned focus on trees
The lens abhors guns. Read full post »

 Violet is a young prostitute who drives a black, suped-up Mitsubishi up and down the stagnant streets of Indianapolis.  Her car was bought by one of her clients -- a married man with two children.  She likes what she calls the high life:  fine champagnes, luxury hotels, an… Read full post »

Was it me or you
Who shaped her mind to hold the light
Even closer now. 

Image: thebooksmugglers.com

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 What do women really want?"  I asked him.  "Stability," he said without hesitation.  "What do men want?"  I asked with curiosity.  "Stability," he said again without hesitation.  Read full post »

Do you have pets that delight you and surprise you and even sometimes make you sick? 

My two ornery basset hounds are always up to something.  I live on a lake which means that there is no surrounding fence on this property.  The short-legged, long-eared dogs get to run a… Read full post »

Is Civility a lost art? It is defined in the Merriam-Webster’s dictionary as : civilized conduct; especially : courtesy, politeness b : a polite act or expression. 

I’ve had various people in my life agree that it seems like people, in general, have less patience, are angry, and inc… Read full post »