Tagged: daily post
downsizing is not
downsizing is not
as easy as it’s made out
to be – letting go
takes a degree of apathy,
privilege, money in the bank
.
20210513:2242
y
wednesday night, you are
wednesday night, you are
hand-rolling sushi with us,
guiding us through each
ingredient, so that nothing
and maybe everything falls out
.
20210512:2133
y
the robin who made
the robin who made
her nest in dad’s hibiscus
syriacus caught
a whiff of clean laundry airing
on mama’s clothesline, moved north
.
20210511:2113
y
in the middle of
in the middle of
a pandemic, a lunch break,
old and new friendships
.
20210510:2139
y
in the middle of
in the middle of
husking fifty to sixty
bamboo shoots, splinters
.
20210508:2200
y
in the dream after
in the dream after
the dream that is just before
waking, a buffet
with no lines, waiting for you
to return from the restroom
.
20210507:1934
y
in the dream after
in the dream after
the dream that is just before
waking, bamboo soup,
the way mom cooks it at home,
a memory for the journey
.
20210506:2143
y
in the dream after
in the dream after
the dream that is just before
waking, we will meet
as if we knew each other in
past and future lives, not this one
.
20210505:2122
y
perhaps beneath all
perhaps beneath all
the layers of being human
is humanity –
it takes tremendous patience
to peel back much of the husk
.
20210504:2259
y
i was never good
i was never good
at guessing the number of
jelly beans in a
jar, and so began the habit
of counting everything else
.
20210503:2012
y
