a need for something new

something thrilling
that makes my teeth chatter with excitement,
a new passion that makes me get up in the morning
something new.
a new place, a talent still to be discovered,
a new friend, a new adventure, a vacation
with no end date, no schedule and no plans.
something unexpected,
a new recipe,
a different conversation
a different language
a different bed
a need for something new to
dazzle this otherwise fantastic life
so much to ask for
there for the taking

nothing new

nothing new.

my drink ended up in my lap

and I hadn't finished the book.

I might lose all my pictures

while trying to save them, 

it was hot riding home but I learned

that Tony Blair admits making a mistake

but has no regrets so he can get together

with George W and have a drink

I hope they end up in their laps.

nothing new, really

just another beautiful day in Colorado

my tomatoes have green fruits and

the weeds are under control for today

i'll floss my teeth and call it a day

Bella will wake me bright and early,

better to get some rest.

Big Jack

he fills his chair,
leaning back into power pose,
his elbows point east and west
and his large gut stretches his shirt buttons
to the almost breaking point.
the soles of his shoes face me,
he wants me to know he's in charge.
i get it
but i'm faster than big Jack,
he can only move his cumbersome frame
with great effort and mind cannot
escape body.
he'll be struggling out of his chair
as i race down the track
way ahead, never looking
back.

Only Chocolate Milk will Do

on a hot day
only chocolate milk will do,
cold whole milk blended with
chocolate sauce and chocolate ice cream.
only chocolate milk with do,
the ice will froth over with frozen cream,
coating my upper lip with white delight.
on a hot day, only cold chocolate milk
will suffice, and maybe even
twice.

Hello Jupiter

on earth we watched
strontium and calcium,
barium and lithium explode into
blues and yellows, reds and greens
for Independence Day
I hear the band playing in the background,
while Juno spins through brilliant auroras
escaping their clutches just soon enough
to spin back out into space, only to return
again and again.
we will todder home drunken, full of
brats and beers,
Juno will spin silently
around her prey, bands of clouds racing
past one another, daring her
to look below their
veils.

stumbling across the past

a family photo

a teenage girl with braces

beautiful even with her reluctant expression

that teenage girls wear

and the teenage son, as usual draping

himself over his mother

she has both her arms around him

probably to keep him from wiggling

too much for the photograph

she looks content holding her son,

her daugher's head resting on her shoulder

there is no mother who is not

content with a child on each

side of her, no matter

how hard her life.

Say Si Bon

Say si bon

allons-nous explorer

the yummy deliciousness sure to be 

dedans

say si bon

say it again, mon professeur de

francais, je sais bien que tu es d'accord

que si say si bon,

say assez bon pour nous.