moisture drips off just-
over-ripe plums onto cut
herbs, keeping them fresh
ecentipede: LXIII August 29, 2008
Tanglethis – Sixty-one August 29, 2008
Apple bread and figs
this still, gray morning; gray cat
watches from the sill.
Tanglethis – Sixty August 28, 2008
Destined to repeat
the same three verbs over time:
yearn, retreat, lament.
Tanglethis – Fifty-nine August 27, 2008
The difference of
stillness from silence is one
of presence, waiting.
ecentipede: LXI August 27, 2008
your stress means stomping
words, silence. my stress means bruised,
quick-tender replies.
Tanglethis – fifty-eight August 25, 2008
I don’t believe in
maternal instinct: only
patience, curiosity.