Tag Archives: discovery

goodbye ol’ paint – December 31

12.31.2015 Where did they ride to those heroes of our dreams   Hoppy, Roy, Gene and Ken Tex and Lash and Dean.   We wandered off our story changed the frontier changed and gleaned   We left old hope to … Continue reading

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archaeopteryx – October 11

10.11.2015 the writer yearns to lift off like the first feathered ‘saur   willing his hand to leap but nothing comes and his pull push carries into danger waters unthinking.   a cautionary tale or merely preparation   for takeoff. … Continue reading

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empty rooms – June 3

6.3.2015 I walked into the airport bathroom and there was blood   all around, dripping still fresh, pooling below the fixtures.   I turned to see if you were still there, had hidden, or fallen   and I stepped to the … Continue reading

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