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• front paws down, tongues out ~ canine jesters for no one ~ kings of the dog park
• the falling of rain.. ~ droplets becoming prisms ~ crash-diving in mud
• towels on the clothesline ~ colorful banners streaming ~ announcing the day
• towels on the clothesline ~ colorful banners streaming ~ announcing the day
• night shift moon waiting ~ sunrise yawning and stretching ~ day shift birds punch in
• noisy birds flitting ~ impatiently, branch to branch ~ feeder hangs empty
• in the dark he reads ~ a book that only he knows ~ mind turning pages
• french quarter street lamp ~ old man plays a beat-up sax ~ "da notes, dey jess shiine.."
• only those knights armed ~ with soft words and open hands ~ slay angry dragons
• hummingbird darting ~ sees his mirrored reflection ~ a heartbeat too late
• a small tree, stunted, ~ sun-scorched; pale green buds hoping ~ for the sweat of clouds
• trajectory off ~ staring carcass, plumage singed ~ grid loses power
• at the zoo, first date ~ holding her for the first time ~ animals cheering
• standing in your heart, ~ I step in the hole he left ~ ...feel myself falling
• the reeds long decayed, ~ saxophones in museums.. ~ John Coltrane lives on
• they're searching for peace ~ using bombs, as if buried ~ underneath rubble...
• unnoticed, struggling ~ a writhing ant slowly dies... ~ thoughtlessly placed steps
• monk facing the wall ~ body practicing zazen ~ while his mind dances...
• so suspiciously, ~ questioning all the answers... ~ never the questions
• a forgotten book ~ yellowed, in a box waiting ~ laptop recharges
• frayed wires touching ~ positive to negative ~ tripping love's breaker
• very hard to tell.. ~ either crickets or the music ~ are off their rhythm
• ((A + B) * 2) ~ * 10³ ~ solution: quit math
• solar flare kicks up ~ rise and decay of the sun ~ dying giant spits
• I'm not the first one ~ to have this difficulty, ~ just first time this life
• angry, desperate ~ proud and ashamed ~ withdrawing, reaching...
• just like evening stars... ~ all the same, all different ~ voices of crickets
• in the daylight sky ~ invisible stars shimmer ~ behind the cloudbanks
• black and white jumping ~ two old men playing checkers ~ two kids twirling rope
• beautiful bare feet ~ pretty lady with a cane ~ wears pain on her face
• zen is very much ~ like noticing the slash mark ~ in between two/words
• thoughtless wind frees them ~ twirling ghosts pass ancient eyes ~ he and leaves are one
• and if I wouldn't die ~ would I still sit near the sun ~ like I dare today?
• each tweet, a ripple ~ butterflies above the pond ~ causing hurricanes
• traffic lights changing ~ the wind swings them back and forth ~ flipping plastic cups
• each of us living ~ intrepid and cowardly ~ like fat men dancing
• the cracks in my heart ~ repaired by time's arteries ~ drop, by drop, by drop..
• never expecting ~ changes in your stagnant life ~ does not hinder them
• sleeping through my life ~ warm and safe, caught up in dreams ~ God yanks the covers
• lights, slow sensor beeps ~ the room clock synchronizes ~ with my traitor heart
• singed fur, lifeless eyes ~ subhuman evil giggles ~ tiny voices mewl
• seventh-story glass ~ stares out for a hundred miles ~ and whispers to stars
• squealing rubber burns ~ subwoofers rattle windows ~ drowned-out crickets sing
• without a pink slip ~ mountainous old-growth forest ~ is given the axe
• just one little me ~ looking at the world so big, ~ wondering so wide..
• after the rain stops ~ trees blow-dry their soaking leaves ~ with solar power
• human saline drips ~ in the cracks between the keys ~ circuit board encroached
• whirring, clicking buzz ~ electromechanical ~ lights blink "One Free Play"
• phone to satellite ~ thousand mile round trip to say ~ "hold on a minute..."
• who needed it more? ~ the starlet with sultry eyes ~ or dead chinchillas..
• "made in His image" ~ photoshopped, resized and cropped ~ malformed artifacts
• our purpose in life ~ taken so seriously ~ God's television
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