The near side
of bothersome
is when you take
things that are in
my space too personally
especially when you are
standing REALLY close to
me

The day the house came unravelled
all the children came tumbling out
they had been tied up there too
long
it was time
there was a slow giggling,
laughter and then a shout
Like a dark rain cloud in the sky suddenly bursting open
and all the rain rushing out out of the sky
They were rushing, gushing
oozing from every pane
Windows were thrown open
Bouncing floating children
Sliding down slides
Running in the rain.

The mothers were so happy
at the Unravelling
like a tightly wound ball of string
that it was so hard to say
“It is dinnertime. All you children
please come back in.”

So we can do this again tomorrow.

It was a dream I was having
I was there with you
and you were there with me
We were at the Automat
in NYC (the Chrysler Building was nearby)
Gazing in the window
Wondering that maybe
And then YES
realizing that for sure
it could be
Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream
ala Mode
with multicolored jitteries
sprinkling through the air,
in your eyes and in your hair,
on your nose, stuck between
your toes ( the jitteries were stuck there
not your nose)
Apple Pie with Vanilla Ice Cream
and
Jitteries EVERYWHERE

There you go strange dreams
Brought to you by Wear a Mask and
Inhale your own carbon dioxide
everyday
Brings all reasoning to a dead halt.

This was a Miss Birdseed Live Event

Gliding swans
briefly pausing
to gather the glinting edges
as dragon flies dart though
the darkening shadows of
the day’s last light.

There is something very curious
about my grocery shopping cart
There are groceries in it that are
mine and some that aren’t

Now I guess the question is
when it time to get in line
Are you all of a sudden appear
and say
“Hey lady you are paying for yours and mine!”
Or what might most likely be the scene
Is that you you’ll wait until I am paid and
checked out
and follow me out the door
with your brain on full turn off
and high on ignore

And then there will be a sudden movement
as you dash and grab my cart
and I scream out
“Grab that person, that person took
my cart! The one over there running
with the mask!!”
And they will say ” What did the person
look like?” ” Dunno, the person was wearing
black pants and a mask.”

Worse case scenario, no doubt.

There will be no chickening today
All those funny little 28 day old chickens
have run away
There will be no feather plucking
head lopping
or any of that stuff
Those little chickens have all run
away
Why ?
Don’t know, can’t say
And that is why there is no chickening today

The road abruptly ended
That is it was sudden
and the only thing to do
was stop
So here we are
the thought of going somewhere
became
nowhere at all

Half eaten chocolate bar in a wrapper
on the shelf
After asking if anyone minded
I took a piece for myself
And then seeing that one really minded
I took another piece
just to make sure that
it was really true
that the chocolate was meant
to melt and disappear

just like it did

in my mouth

The drying rack met
it’s timely demise
it’s joints and legs
were rusted
there was no more
“hanging” around

17 years is a long time
to weather the sun, sea and air
and endure the hanging of pants
socks and underwear

But laundry waits for no man
and there is a new drying rack
a new snappy shiny affair.

Back to business as usual.
No rust.
Neighbor’s dog still barking.

Hanging out the laundry
feeling the sea breeze

If I am standing
here
and you are talking to
me
and I am ignoring
you
then what you are
saying is
unbeknownst
to me