A case

Is there a case to be made a first affirmative delivered in defense of collating those second-rate thoughts you might not see again (or even miss)? Shake them out of your hands, those drops of borrowed blue electric ink to…

A beep

A beep from the phone a text from someone and why not let it sit? Perhaps it wants to sit. Maybe it will ferment or blossom decay or dissolve into a small pinch of dirt in your slacks given enough…

Wonderful, powerful

Wonderful, powerful, important words I found today in Deuteronomy: “for our lasting good.” “Our” in this case, a people. Not a person. “Lasting,” to think past the moment. Now there — there is a phrase worth diagramming. Worth pondering, worth…

Collateral Love

I’m the victim of a collateral love experience. The love that tears through the space around, tries to connect and disassemble people sitting around and behind me. I’m caught in the love bomb. Irradiated. Stabbed with shards with melodies that…