Meltdown

• September 18, 2015
• Thinking

Lately I’ve had the feeling that everybody out there is about a millimeter away from a complete meltdown. The kind that toddlers have when they’ve had too much cake and present opening at their 3rd birthday party and it’s way past their bedtime. The kind that comes when a person, of any age, HAS JUST…

Six Dozen Lipstick Roses

• September 5, 2015
• Expressing

Crawling vertiginous up the side of the mountain Following the trail of breadcrumbs Working the night to raise the deadened Blistering avalanche out of the cave of nowhere Flies sliding skyward eating gravity Black blooded anvils pound righteous fists against the tyranny of time Water wets itself Air inhales itself Fire immolates itself Drinking the…