For the most part, routine describes the day. Business as usual distracts the eye. Process and procedure keep chance at bay. Method over madness will justify: the practical, simple, the tried and true, reason over […]
Category: Life
Refletions in Silicate
Both sides of me – glass. Across the street – glass. A township’s reflection in silicate. I watch a car, I see it three times pass. Gleditsia – a sunburst in triplicate. Waitress serves coffee, […]
Failing Forward
The young talk in terms of ‘failing forward’. They have swallowed an implausible pill. ‘Failure’s now an option’ – one they applaud: ‘Why fear failure? An innovator’s thrill!’ Let’s stop, let’s pause, let’s think on […]
Without Condition
He stakes his claim and demands position, stipulates his terms and fixes his spot. We watch askance, this crude exhibition of stubbornness; will he, or will he not? Those around him, about his axel spin, […]
There Are Moments
There are moments when everything makes sense. For just a second nothing is at odds. Simplicity abounds, becomes immense; earns the approval of a thousand gods. It’s at that moment, between wake and dream, that […]
Death Shrieks
Perplexed by the passage of your passing; the path you have chosen not to complete. Death, that easy option, that ever-lasting expression of nothing more than defeat. Through your dangling obituary death speaks: “dirges from […]
One More Sonnet 