and the clouds will be discussed like pop stars.
b.
I’m busy, take a message.
Occupied at the moment.
Swamped.
I’m unavailable, but later.
Always later.
Now--
My plate is full
Of fish to fry
Over all the irons in my fire.
Sidekaloutaple (adj.) (See-day-kal-oo-tuple): the feeling you get when you finish
second place but are honestly happy for the person who finished first
Ex. sentence: Wow, Karen, I am sidekaloutaple! You are so
deserving of this promotion, I will get the next one.
c.
I had a dream last night that we were swimming in a lake that had just thawed, only the wildlife had not. Geese frozen in midair and we kept diving headfirst into fish.
d.
Her skin smells of gold
just as solid
but looks like the absence of.
If any were to change my mind
it would be the young
blood running below.
Finding out you’re normal
has to be the hardest thing--
more so than her skin.
e.
Waved away
It was not subtle
In the end
I taste cilantro for what it is
You taste soap
