Saturday, June 20, 2026

status update

 getting to it again, I hope. I'll be in the new Paper and Ink that drops this week. Definitely check that out, it's going to be good. Now, some poem-thing:

status update

this is no
little mercy and it is
certainly no absolution.

in our defense,
we've been busy figuring
out the specifics to identify

exactly what this is
or purports to be. so,
you'll have to bear with our

appearances as we navigate
the moment. as we 
proceed and stop to smell

the proverbial flowers
(they smell like urine, we're
told). hey, at least there's 

flowers. usually we're
just getting the whiff of
roadkill or old, barely warmed

leftovers. fodder from a fading
microwave. this, this one is
a feast by comparison. we 

digress. no more mercy.
we'll sort the rest at a later
date. thank you for your time. 

Saturday, June 13, 2026

a short one

Busy morning means a short set of haikus:


slender breeze

through the windows

of the sweating home/


gravel found

in my shoe after a walk

a reminder/


grass left

indented from a

tire’s tread/


a cloudless sky

showing it has no hand

but all of the cards/


the air creaked

and thunder was merciful

with his applause/





Saturday, June 6, 2026

most important mea culpa

maybe I could
be your store greeter.
smile and stare through

you. maybe I could
be the person who sends
positive soundwaves into

your skull. maybe that
would balance the scales
of goodness and we'd both

see heaven. maybe those
gates open and the sales
are finally worth it for

you and me. maybe then
we'll be saved from whatever
life has made of us. for

us. maybe I was born for that.
meanwhile, I just burned breakfast. again.
maybe, I'm sorry for that too.