Tag Archives: acceptance

the floor creaks – July 16

Posted on July 17, 2018 by landl30

7.16.2018 the floor creaks when he moves on it, yoga windshield-wipers turning knees to right, arms to left.   houses, bodies, all reveal the stressed turnings that time steals.   he should notice, his friends say, the tread that is … Continue reading →

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survivor guilt – February 26

Posted on February 27, 2018 by landl30

2.26.2018 in wartime guns rattle, ied’s level the guys next to you, and some come home in pieces, while others in only guises and varieties of a whole.   why me, why not me why them, and I’m still here … Continue reading →

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at some moment – February 20

Posted on February 23, 2018 by landl30

2.20.2018 Mortality is a tricky beast. At some moment I will feel a catch, a stop, an instant, and my eyes will blink or close, my mind stop registering, to not open again.   I may hear briefly the ones … Continue reading →

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a godly conversation – October 8

Posted on October 9, 2017 by landl30

[a godly conversation] I cannot speak to you as I would or rather could should my mouth is wood when I open it to say my heart and roots drop out of things that never quite touch what it was … Continue reading →

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wrinkly butts – June 20

Posted on June 21, 2017 by landl30

6.20.2017 [wrinkly butts] we all have wrinkled butts now sags, lines, cleavages where we lost weight after our skin tone stopped bouncing back a sign of grace though, that when our butts were fat and bulgy we paid attention and … Continue reading →

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High Sierra Hwy 89 – April 29

Posted on April 30, 2017 by landl30

4.26.2017 the road drops a thousand feet on either side.   no matter.   after the first hundred the rest won’t matter. ————————

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an empty hole – March 16

Posted on March 18, 2017 by landl30

3.16.2017 an empty hole stands sits, what do holes do, where I thought we’d built something.   you only get the time that you are there.   it’s okay. ——————

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I think this is the year – March 12

Posted on March 15, 2017 by landl30

3.12.2107 I think this is the year I’ll die, she said sitting in the padded rocker, with a cup of decaf in her hand.   really, we said, this year. yes, I have no idea why I’m still around I’m … Continue reading →

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deer stand – July 6

Posted on July 8, 2016 by landl30

7.6.2016 the dog and I walk to the end of the drive for morning relieving   over the shoulder a blaze tan statue stares back without a tremble.   when we finish our business and turn back to the house … Continue reading →

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charlie creeps – July 2

Posted on July 6, 2016 by landl30

7.2.2016 [charlie creeps] charlie creeps, dandee weeds, invasive nature taking back its own nettle, spotswood, foxglove, hardened grasses   to weed seems impossible the hoe sticking with every stroke, pulling at muscles until the ache screams.   it’s only when … Continue reading →

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