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 … Read on Macduff...
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 … Read on Macduff...
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 … Read on Macduff...
Ways I may have changed
It might be that my exterior melted a bit last year
that it’s shinier now, more like fiberglass, which I hadn’t noticed to be honest
until just last week.
That it’s a little more weather resistant, which is nice.
More … Read on Macduff...
I made eggs yesterday and learned a lesson.
I like to make fried eggs — I like the experience, putting a little chilli on them, putting the cover on to cook them top down. I like flipping them and I like not flipping them. I find the whole … Read on Macduff...
The 5 Books Meander, Week 25: Tazria’
What just happened:
Some sections are easier to relate to than others. And then there was this week’s parsha. Two years ago there wouldn’t have been much to work with here. This year it read like a practical and super … Read on Macduff...
Clank
I want to clank my fist
against the armor they’re constructing
inside me.
Rattle the scaffolding
just enough to let them know
I know
there are laborers hammering away at this
shiny new space suit
they’re building inside me
The 5 Books Meander, Week 25: Shemini
What just happened:
This was a big one — the laws of kashrut (aka how to be kosher), including surprising news about bunnies and bats!
Of possible note:
- The gestures, the rituals, the blood, the burning — I had never
1871
Fingers slow tonight from
extra age, blown into my hands.
The wind’s extra fierce tonight.
So I sat by the lid of the fire pit
after we switched it off
in the cold tonight,
sat in the dark tonight and … Read on Macduff...
Welcome to Hospital
In Generic World you go to local
Hospital, and they say: “Welcome to Hospital,”
and you can feel that capital letter, like they
extra-mean it.
You have a problem with one of
your organs, and they say:
“Organ Problem!”
And … Read on Macduff...