A memory

a memoir, a captured smile, twin smiles even

I don't know how to write

yet

I will, one day this image will

embed itself in a story 

of a life well lived

in spite

I'll read the others

their stories will join the river  of stories

of love, love lost, birth death and 

other

The scent of magnolia

Giving life

blood

deep red, a warm line on the arm

eery, we submit to the vampire in the name

of life, we come here willingly

in pairs, singles, employees and

citizens, those who have lost,

deeply, to remember them, in the 

hope that this eery sensation of warm

deep red blood, flowing from

living bodies, gives life

in memory, in love.

Ghosted

 he was there in front of me, dark, curly hair,

a smile, he's a cook and love museums.

we loaned him a bike, which eventually made 

its way back

I had started to worry.

Now the flowers are brighter than him, 

a mere shadow of memory, a curious one, a 

mystery, a disappearance,

what is this ghost?

Michele

"Michele!" and he would swoon and fan his face.

"Michele!" I wonder where she is, in what 

country she is passing through, gypsy like,

light on her feet, almost dancing, the ballerina.

One night we were here, in the same place,

the photo is proof, that we were smiling and 

laughing together,

I basked in her radiant smile and dry humor

(that drove my brother crazy, me, I laugh)

"Michele" when will I see you again, 

dear Michele!  I miss you so.

Wake up

it's a new day

wake up!  the click of dog paws

awaits you, wake up!  the

flowers are following the sun, 

friends are waiting to hear from you,

it's time to make art, to play

music, to smell the air and

watch passers-bye.  Wake up!

it's time to wake up!  it's past

time to wake up!

Arise!

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Fifty percent off -

what can one buy for 50% off,

not a lover,

nor a child,

groceries do not come so cheap

nor rentals, automobiles

or bicycles.

A friendship is invaluable,

a Family must be built, not bought.

WE cannot buy rain or snow,

or a sunny day, there are no bargains

on freedom or democracy, nor beauty.

the best one can do is wait until

the plants at the shop call to be put

into the ground.

I dash to buy them, and

plant them in the ground

next Spring there will be beauty in the Garden

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