204 Second Ave, Waltham

5 Swans
in a staggered V formation
flew overhead brightly
lit against a ceiling
of dark clouds.
Glancing down they
crooned
"Enjoy your meeting sucker!"

If it fits, it ships

Chock full of
Satsuma Mandarins
at Pops,
thin skined,
no seeds
burst with flavor,
our mouths hold sunshine
in the middle
of winter.
Thanks T and J,

Wicked

Cakes "Nugget"
on
"Fashion Nugget"

Change

I am naturally change averse
yet
I thrive best when things change
now
how to figure this out.

OK

That is a lot of snow.

Mind blown

Heard this question
this morning
and am left reeling.
"Where is Buddhas Dharma Body?"
Will spend some time
today researching on
bull shit magazine.

Go figure

I am 54
listening to
Led Zeppelin's
Whole Lot of Love
on my sons
iPod
and I am just
comming to an
understanding
of the double
entedre.

Curling

Temp is 5 degrees,
sun has been down
for nearly 2 hours.
On the sheet of the Stop an Shop
10 Canadian geese
are marking the house
waiting for the
skip to deliver
the hammer.

Zambezi

A dream that the river
had dried up
and I had
a satellite
picture to prove it

Lone canadian goose

Skiming a hundred feet
over route 128,
heading north bound.

Back roads not an option

A couple of inches of
snow, which make
a delightful walk,
make a 10 mile commute
grind for 2 hours.
Thank Giai for the CD book
"Salmon of Doubt", about
and including, Doug Adams
posthumous musings
to keep me sane.

Osprey owned!

Marked my territory
for the first time,
don't make me
defend it!

I would have hesitated to think

Life is taking
a turn
towards a lightness
of being
where new things
are greeting me
every morning.
Comfort of routine
lost with some trepidation,
taught to apply
that loss for
new wonders.

I am not going to

A stalactite of icicles
hangs above my
kitchen door.
Landlady warns I
should knock them
down.

Head monkeys not chattering

Just putting one step
in front of another.
Goat toes saving my bacon,
an occasional snow
plow to dodge.
Wind brings down
big plops of puffy snow
hitting me like a nerf
mortar.
Takes 5 minutes to
shuck winter attire,
hot coffee warms
my hands.

Today is the day I end my cynicism.

iPod

Random play delivers
up a little jem
this morning.
Herby Hancock's
"Chameleon".
Brings me right back
to college.

After a short absence

Crows are back in the
courtyard of LCC.
My inner Tippi Hedren
is alarmed,
my outer Rod Taylor
steps up.

02 Malibu

No more to be asked
a four seasons Shadowfax
a noble friend parting.

Its a puzzle I tell ya

What makes a typo
in an email become
obvious after hitting
the send button?

Can't help it.

Every time I hear Led Zeppelins "Immigrant Song"
I break out in air guitar.

Sodapocalypse

Suite 111 at the LCC
had an old case of soda,
ensconced in a bottom draw,
where a leaky can
spawned a moldy organism
that threatened
civilization as we know
it.
I thought "let it ride!"

Just Stuff

1) When exiting
a highway that leads
to another high speed thoroughfare
and a car comes right up on me
just before the entrance into
the curve and I slice my
way through only to
look back and see him
far astern.
2) Woman at
Lexington Corporate Center (LCC)
who uses the revolving entrance
door as a smoking chamber.

For Damn sure

Things are certainly
shaken up.
Change is a whirling dervish.
Pits drip,
heart palpitates and
irides widen.

New Moon

First of the new year
brings a perfect
storm of
sleeping late,
drinking tea,
listening to
the radio
and
reading a good book.

Dice thrown

After a lot of thought
the resignation comes
quick and to the point.
Choice to back out
is offered and denied.
I am jumping in
with both feet,
damn the torpedoes,
full speed ahead.