the wood
is not a metaphor for anything
turn it over and check to see
is it straight knotted twisted cupped
the wood is not a metaphor
for anything
it's a building material
staple a red flag
to the longer boards
that poke out of the truck bed
over the tail gate
like a dog peeking
over the edge
at a stop light
the flag is not a metaphor
but is is lost at some point
during the short drive home
/consider going back to find it
since it's plastic
and probably crap for the environment
but swallow the guilt instead/
the wood will be used to build
a bench
the bench is a metaphor
or a simile
or a bench
Tag: writer
meadow adventures (20220423)
you spin but then you refuse to spin i force you with my hands then seek advice when I return you turn and turn and turn
said the aspirin (20220422)
one thing happens another thing happens if they happen together repeatedly relatively closely in time and space that is cause and effect but correlation does not demand causation spooky action at a distance implies the invisible indivisible connection of all things if all things are connected though all space and all time what is the difference between the cause and the effect
demands (20220421)
the cat claws her way
onto the bed
demanding string
the theater of the woods (20220420)
rain falls on my jacket hood popping like popcorn minus the smell of salt and theater butter no lights dim but i see the coming attractions blackberry blossoms and buzzing bumblebees
out of the ground (20220419)
the worms don't give a shit about getting stepped on until after it happens trying to escape drowning they undulate across asphalt from soaked grass and wet clay only to exhaust themselves in puddles be picked off by the robins who strut around like easy pickings are a testament to their hunting prowess or dry out as crispy rings stranded in the heat too far from the moist earth but safe from drowning at last today the sun was out this is not an allegory today the sky was blue and the clouds were puffy and white this is not a metaphor today the grass was green and i avoided being a worm and i avoided being the foot that steps on worms
after gathering light (20220418)
in the yard one dinosaur screams while the others scratch earth wet from morning rain
escape of the soul (20220417)
you can't put the soul back in the tube once you have squeezed it out cut it into pieces with pinking shears if you must still it will not be contained each piece floats a blossom a satin moth on winds unfelt
the weather (20220416)
no rain the forecast
sudden hailstorm
evening walk postponed
an actual murder (20220415)
not many crows in the woods
ravens, yes, plenty of them
gliding overhead and honking their horns
the big black cadillacs of the sky
usually the crows
stay in town
or the edge of town
where they can grab
unattended lunches
discarded bread
anything edible that isn't nailed down
theses woods are
almost wetland
just a thrown stone's distance
from the sea
it is a surprise to see so many
an actual murder
raising a ruckus
and then we see why
a horned owl perched on
a low branch
they surround him
cawing insults and warnings
and when he flies on silent wings,
they ensure his exit is as noisy
as they can make it
Words and Feathers 