Jacket hood

The cold this morning
had me put up the hood
on my jacket.
This caused me to turn my
torso side to side
when checking traffic to
cross the street,
swaying to and fro
as if Dr. Frankenstein
had over tightened
my neck bolts.

Grock

I watched a squirrel
traverse an area of scrub
woods that had flooded
with about 6 inches of water.
She worked real hard
to avoid being in that water,
where I stood in the
slushy perimeter.
She would be head down
on one tree trunk and
leap horizontally to another
trunk.
After a few minutes
I clomped on my way.

Forty Degree Day in January

Tree litter
branches,twigs,cones and leaves.

Two hornets/wasp nests knocked
to the ground,
between football and
basketball size.

Cathode Ray Tube TV
on its face.

Blue recycle bin
on its side.

A backpack loaded up
with delicious curry.

Served by the Mallards

They taunted me to
join them in Elm brook
where they paddled up
stream between icy
banks knowing full well
it would be to my doom.

Morning on the bike path in winter, January 2010.

Maybe saying it here will keep me out of trouble.

To a pregnant woman
"Stay on your feet and this won't happen again."
To a boy receiving the sacrament of first confession
"If you confess it, its like it never happened."
To a republican
"Bite me."

Not as fast as a croe

I walk pretty sloe
more soe in the snoe
I still get where I goe.

Some things resonate

Heard on
the radio last
night.

"We die three times:
One when our body dies.
Two when our body is buried.
Three when the last person speaks
our name."

Past Glories.

A stiff legged
rheumy eyed
old dog glares
at me from his driveway,
leash just for looks,
twisting head to tell me
that few years ago
it was a different story.
The woman leans
over and gently murmurs
words of past glory,
scratching the dog
behind the ears.

Things I think about

I have no idea how I
go to sleep.
I know how I get ready
to go to sleep however
the actual handshake is
a mystery to me.
Perhaps I am thinking
of it backwards.
I have no idea how I
go to wake.

Bike path panhandler

Amidst the crunch of snow,
Jez (or Bob, it's a little confusing)
says
"We have known each other for a
long time.
Its my birthday this weekend"
I interrupt with a Happy Birthday
wish, trying to derail the
coming train.
He continues "And I would like to
get a cup of coffee...."
The well worn transaction
(although the birthday info
is new) nearly complete.
"I am not going to give you any money."
I say. He looks to my face,
pauses,
and turns and walks away.

I deserve it

Another tomato,
cucumber,
pesto,
swiss cheese,
on toast sandwich.
Washed down with a
kale,
carrot,
banana,
pear,
yogurt,
frozen strawberry
smoothie.

Getting up early

Set the programmable
coffee pot to
six thirty
and it dutifully
summons me to
a half hour of
watching the dawn
(a death valley lesson)
and listening to NPR
from my bed.

Not everything is between the ears.

"Mary is a brilliant scientist who is, for whatever reason, forced to investigate the world from a black and white room via a black and white television monitor. She specializes in the neurophysiology of vision and acquires, let us suppose, all the physical information there is to obtain about what goes on when we see ripe tomatoes, or the sky, and use terms like ‘red’, ‘blue’, and so on. She discovers, for example, just which wavelength combinations from the sky stimulate the retina, and exactly how this produces via the central nervous system the contraction of the vocal cords and expulsion of air from the lungs that results in the uttering of the sentence ‘The sky is blue’. [...] What will happen when Mary is released from her black and white room or is given a color television monitor? Will she learn anything or not? "

You should have one.

What's your
zombie
contingency plan?

Mine is to find
one co-worker
I can out run.

That's all I have
for the short term.

Moirae

My Mom would have been
77 today.
I am now the age Mom
was when she died.
The mortal coil continues
to unwind.

I wish I had words

To describe a life
altering vacation.
I'll be working on it.
In the mean time I
will wander the dream
with a grin
on my face.