sometimes a goose
is just a goose
but sometimes
it’s a murderbot
so don’t stop
the car, gary
2021-06-11
it’s never what
you think it is
but thank god
it isn’t what you
thought it wasn’t
2021-06-10
outbound plane:
heat waves on tarmac
propel empty promises
2021-06-09
the squirrels
or maybe chipmunks
because squirrels
get blamed for
everything so
let’s not jump
to conclusions
but anyway
something dug
up the tulip bulbs
& gnawed them
to bits so sorry
about that
2021-06-08
sleep arrives
on a metro bus
belching passengers
on to sidewalks
filled with street
vendors hawking
diet advice & cheap
seen-on-TV products
& maybe that’s why
I woke up in the
night to pee on
the corner fern;
forgive me, I was
distracted by the
shiny Rolexes
2021-06-07
the wasp
writhed wet
smears on
the deck,
its nest
a pulp
dot mashed
beneath my
birkenstock—
let me go
as fast
& unexpected,
a flash or
gasp before
oblivion
2021-06-06
google tracks
your every move
a lover out of
favor who
texts & recites
your cart
contents from
an aisle over
& reminds you
how good it is
to feel wanted