No judgment
Truth-teller
Let me cut her hair
With kid scissors
When I was 4-ish and she was 1-ish
We share a voice,
Laughter, sarcasm
When I day drink, it’s with her
We engineered a friendship between our dogs,
Leading to sister/dog playdates
She’s been a fixture my world,
Either beside me,
Or declaring “this is your deal, not mine”
And opting out,
But always present at the end
With a quip, a hug
And the truth.
my brain already
feels totally fried. what’s one
more piece of bad news?
Courage has the hunter run with purpose;
Hunger has the forager search the surface.
A timeless marriage, the hunter & forager—
Acts of service, and a collector of character.
Their bronze hearts and metallic stones hold
The weight of history, love, & the unknown.
the grief hasn’t hit yet
it lingers in the emptiness
like taffy stuck between my teeth
fading into recent—yet distant memory
laughter that flooded the halls i called
home for an instant, a lifetime
diminished to fun facts
and cheugy gold keychains
My green thumb is borrowed—
Spray ’em down every day, in the
morning, before it gets too hot.
Don’t wanna shock ’em to death—
First casualty? Well, maybe.
Over-watered, under-watered,
what’s the difference?
Hard soil, yellow leaves, dripping
dripping, wilting. Wilted, passed out
in the hanging air. Christ, it feels like
a convection oven out there.
Breathe in, breathe out,
pant, pant, pant.
Dead, waxy leaves. Dead?
How long ’til I have to call it?
Hanger, in the sun,
pink flowers and waxy red leaves.
Dead, for all I know.
when do I call it in? Check for a pulse
tomorrow?
