Daily Archives: April 15, 2012

  Mask pain. Strap button to mouth. Slash balloon. ……………………………………..Cry.   ………  

(after Langston Hughes)   What happens to a cream puff, devoured? Well it lies up in my arteries, brazen and stunned, Even when I CrossFit ’til I’m sore- and then run. Plus, it sinks (to my thighs) like submarines And … Continue reading →

………….Slash ……………………this mask. ……………..Unstrap …………….your song. …………………………..Button balloon …………………………………………..to lapel. ……………………………………………………………………….Fly.     ……….  

(A soggy sonnet, with obvious nod to Elizabeth Barrett Browning, who may or may not have ever had to scrub mashed banana out of her carpets.)   How do loathe thee? Let me count the ways. I loathe thee to … Continue reading →