See-ment Mary is on the move.
She has relocated herself about 100
feet south east next to Elm brook.
Coincidentally, or not, the
"bicyclist must yield to pedestrian"
sign has been removed.
Does this match
any Nostradamus prophesies?

A 3 foot tall cement statue of
the Virgin Mary has been placed
on the Minuteman Bike Path in
Bedford. She is standing on a
cement snake which has a
cement round object,
presumably an apple, in its
mouth. Did some kids steal it
from someones yard and got sick
of lugging it around? Did someone
have a prayer answered and
put the statue there in thanks?
Did it fall out of a cargo hold of
a plane landing at nearby Hanscom
Airforce Base?

1) Does Superman have super peripheral vision?
2) If so can he see what's behind him?

The death of Jeff,
who had been unknown to me,
caused my phone to ring,
an email received and
the phrase "Death is the
true democracy, everyone
has to do it and everyone
can only do it once" to be
recalled.

"We are passing you on
your left and
one of us might lick your knee"
-Woman and her dog passing me
on the bike path.

LHC

For unadulterated nerdy silliness:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM

After the rain
Elm,
Kiln and
Shawsheen nice and full.
cicadas in full chorus.
lone bull frog croaking
green, green, green.
mr. rogers koan guided me
"sometimes it is fun to do
things slow"

A women and a man approach
me on bikes, the woman in
front. Each wear those little rear
view mirrors on their helmets
that remind me of little
teleprompters.
The woman says hi,
I say hi,
The man gives a toot
with his nether eye.

Typical family vacation rule:
"Don't run by the pool"
Wicked cool family vacation rule:
"Watch out for dead animals in the stream, they
attract boa constrictors"

Typical phone call conversation:
"Getting much rain there"
Not so typical phone call conversation:
"Damn it, you snaked that gift idea
out from under me"

Typical picnic lunch conversation in the park:
"How is work going"
Not an everyday picnic conversation in the park:
"How far back in time will the dead come back
to life as zombies?" "As long as there is enough
musculature to support movement, ie:
NO zombie skeletons"

Outside my window
at Lexington Corporate Center
Building One
it is a worm gold mine
for the robins.

Job security

Orange day lilies
stretch towards the sun
and I brush by the leathery
petals with my
arms and legs
enabling me to
put pollinator on
my resume.

In retrospect

While it didn't,
in and of itself,
doom my marriage,
starting it by
taking a vow invoking
ritualistic
cannibalism tempted
the fates.

Roads and Streets

Springs
Hillside
The Great
Loomis
Wiggins
Westview
Maquire

What did you do this morning?

Using my right foot I squirted
a flammable liquid into tubes
which then ignited under pressure.
Using my left foot and right hand
I controlled this transfer of momentum
through a series of gears and fluids
to wheels under me.
Using my left hand I changed the
angle of those wheels to adjust my trajectory.

Me?

I walked.

If we can't stop zombies with
a head shot we are screwed.

No bike path for slugs.

Between Presta valved bikes,
roller bladed hotties,
and
rapidly drying asphalt
there is no bike path
for slugs.

Father's Day 2008

God asked
"What do you know?"
I answered
"I know these two boys"

Rainy day on the bike path

1 Dog
2 Bikes
3 People

We have launched a toilet into space
and now we send people up to fix it.

Hope it was a union job.

The darkness engulfed
with the sound like chewing
tin foil.
Spit out onto the bike path
like a dead mouse
among dogs who forgot
they can not fly.