Harvest Time

Autumn should be a time of rich colors, rich friendships, rich food. I still do not like fall, but if I concentrate on the things I like...

MacIntosh Apples
Colder Weather
All Hallow's Eve
Pilgrim Pie
Catching Leaves
Waiting for the First Snow

...I will make it to winter.



Timely Soundtrack: "Mrs. McGrath", the sea chantey.
Quote Trapped in My Head: "Where are you going, and what do you wish?" from Winken, Blinken, and Nod.
What I Learned Today: The history of "The Streets of Derry."

Knot

She is a tightly coiled spring
she once was a loosely gathered mass
hair like errant strings
slipping out from her yarn ball hair

threads unraveling inside her
the magic of a zombie, losing
arms and ears and legs and soul
while remaining a whole thing

you would pull on her loose ends
suck on them thoughtlessly
tug her in all directions
slip out a memory to entwine your fingers

With unhappily smooth fingers, you
dig your hands in deep
kneading out arthritic thoughts
you cause more knots than love

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Poemita en progreso.
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Apology Proposed

We must all apologize to Hummingbird Goes Bucknutty. We missed its fourth birthday. Alas.

So I have not written in a while. I lost my phone, internet, and cable for a week due to a failed port outside. Personal life has been in turmoil, bad luck has plagued me - probably karma, I admit. I dropped my external hard drive, killing it and losing all the information on it - all of my photos and music. I locked myself out of my apartment on the day of my parents' enormous party and was locked out overnight.
I have also gotten back into writing the book I have been working on, finally. And, finally, I worked almost nonstop for a week on the jeans for LizArd's mother's 60th birthday.
Right, so...pretty busy.
Love to all...well, most.

Timely Soundtrack: "Honest James" from Thurston Moore.
Quote Trapped in My Head: "Your kind causes unrest". - Bruno to Larry in The War With Mr. Wizzle by Gordon Korman.
What I Learned Today: Someone is from Kenya - no, someone specific.