• Photograph of a gingerbread house
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    Louise tossed on her bed and turned onto her back. She twisted a blond curl splayed out on the pillow. The lights strung on the bushes outside her window took turns glowing red and green on her ceiling. In the predawn hours, Louise rose and pulled on a flannel shirt and jeans. She slid on ...
  • Evening Sky 2020
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    The gods paint pictures in the sky each morning Creating pathetic fallacies in whipped water vapors Welcoming eyes to look upward into its feathery expanses The endless canvas of an indecisive artist trying to share existence Promising simplicity in purpose; waiting for someone to understand But we continue to stare at the ground Eyes weighed ...