stir fried offerings 

for vegetarians

pure friday

the day of congregation

oh ye adherents





shine

after the flood

sunflowers washed

away in tumultuous 

current






roofless belonging

a room to each

blue bird of paradise

water and seeds


at the bird feeder






contaminated 

dark fumes up above 

a scarcity of breath

the sirens and speakers 

signal evacuation 






families trapped 

on the rooftop others run 

to higher grounds

the heavy flood 


of strangled waterways





naked sky

sprinkles

stardusts

a body of beauty


to lust after







their love

private practice

the tell tale

wild daisies 


in her hair 





graveyard 

shift

approaching me

the cemetery digger


with the victim's eyes






the village boy:

learning to talk 

grandma bites her tongue 

when he mimics 


her tone on his name





slow world

under its weight

a tortoise

tumbles and flips


back in the pond