Seasoning and stuff
As a child, I watched my old world grandmother jar eggplant and peppers and just about anything she could squeeze into a mason jar. I was there for the jarring and months or years later I was there for the opening and the feasting. And you know,...
Wild Flower
You move with the wind at night. Lone wolves don’t often survive in this emptiness, but I have seen one remain wild, here where plastics enjoy immortality and lines die. Let them train you, and you’ll chain yourself, so comfortably. In your pretty face is a place where everyone...
Life Creation
Here’s a place where swagger is a time-honored tonic for fear. A good shepherd is hard to find, and thieves make few donations, at least privately. Follow the dotted line, take a ticket, your market value can be found on the property tax rolls. Know this: We...
The Boss Man
I am the mayor of Jackassville. I run unopposed every election. The special interests take their cues from me. So it’s safe to say that around town I get cocky. The rabbit hole was tiled without promises. Scalp speared planet bowels is pretty much how the inevitable...
Conventional Man
I fixed the fridge. The diamond mine that never produces just birthed a babe. The sand in the rug has a secret. While you brought love to the captives, I performed surgery on the machine. Flakes of orange sky, help me remember. I will put myself together...
The Mad Man
The mad man is here. He’s a real sweet talker, barfing brimstone. But really, he’s the original fool, blackened on the inside and sparkling on the outside. That’s his definition anyway. The dark magician in the needle likes popcorn with pepper and heat when he’s applying it....
Dirty Nails
I made a wrong turn. I squirreled my way much deeper than planned. Something down here is worth the time. Let’s pull on it and discover its size. Because if it’s magic, then there’s magic all around it. That’s what the man inside the man said. I...
Allegedly Capable
The basement bar is open. Enjoy. I remodeled the place myself. Childhood joy is playing pool. Teenage angst is locked in the bedroom. The vapor demons fill the hot tub. My higher self plays the chaperone, and he’s a sucker for dirty jokes. Be back in a...
The Mane
It fell from the sky, forged and heavy. We dragged it away and watched it for a thousand years. We rubbed our hands on it, and lived on top of it. Then it opened its eyes, and now we see it is alive. There’s a lion outside....
