There are bugs
in my dehumidifier
It must have happened
When I turned off the light
They are the kind of bugs
that look left and look right
And sneak in during the night

They thought it was a spa for bugs

Oops

And now they are dead

(Got to put these thoughts down
they are important
for some people)

There were some spiders
that snuck in with the wash
Well you know what happened
Next?

Yes

They were squashed

Best to walk away on this one.

” I think you are missing a loop in the back”
said the girl to her mother
who was getting older and
starting to let loose her buttons
as they rolled onto the floor
she tried to gather them up
but as she was laughing so hard about
the missing loop

her buttons
rolled away

so many buttons
maybe they will be found
another day

or possibly next week

I have to wear my earrings
When I lie down on my bed
They are the weights
that keep me from floating away
And they hold down my head
that has a tendency to run away
with wild ideas and thoughts about
things that could and
might be hiding in lieu of a better place
to be

I am sure there are better ways
to keep my head from floating away
but this is the cheapest and most
attractive solution (on such Short Notice)
that I could come up with today

Inuendo
in the ongoing
window of time
what is reality and
what is implied
what is a subtle
slight of hand
that is meant to be diplomatic
and discreetly applied
as the matter demands
us to be crossing our
fingers behind our backs
and smile while we lie
gluileless lies so sublime

Snugly in a rug the little bug
slept
And then in with the vacumn
the cleaning maid
crept
Up into the vacumn the little bug
went
Snug as a bug in a vacumn
no assonance to that
no sense either

So the bug crawled out
and found another rug to sleep in
In a house with no maid and no vacumn

snug as a bug in a maidless house rug

With that mask on it is
hard to see
if you are smiling or just looking
at me
But it is the wink though that really
has me most concerned
before I went out the door
my friend said
Beware of men
on your walk that wink
It is the new smile
It doesn’t mean a thing
You won’t get a supper
or a diamond ring
Beware on your walk today
of men that wink.

Seems that it has been observed
or perhaps even heard
that the wink is the new smile
And seeing as that is assuredly and absurdedly
the case you can take your wink elsewhere
and I will be on my way
And you can practice your new smile on someone else
As we are done with such new things for today

Mumblings
lots of jumbled up not making
sense mumblings
stumbling onto
many pieces of paper
looking for some meaning
and not finding none
Closed the book
This is no fun

Oh you are here
Such good fun
Oh I see it is just
yourself
You didn’t bring
anyone?

Today’s lunch is
Turtle soup

with magpie eyes
Pull up a chair
and stay awhile
We can eat and talk
(don’t worry the turtle
is quite dead, he won’t
walk)
And the magpie, she stopped
talking
it does happen after they
have been floating in the
soup for a while.

oh you are of vegan persuasion|
hmm let me rummage around
in the soup
I do believe there are some carrots and potatoes
to be found

Where are you going?
Lunch has just begun
Oh, you say you are on a
diet
You don’t want to spoil it
by taking a bite
Not even a tiny one

How about a take away dessert
Iced eleplant toes on
a chocolate covered sticky bun

Not that either?

Well then
It was nice seeing you
So glad that you could come

Maybe we could eat at
your place next week

message in a bottle
send more books to me

we are getting ready
to go into lockdown wave
number 3

I think it I surround myself
with books of of other thoughts
and fantasy

the virus will say
she is floating too far
out there

I think I will let her
be

and save the “getting to her”
for another day

preferably to “get to her”
when she is wispy, old and
grey.

will not have so much to
carry for the final
“get away”

it will be more of a
disappearing act