Monthly Archives: April 2016

The Eschatology of Stars

Posted on April 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. Orion’s got a limited number of belt loops. We’ve confirmed. So if you find yourself just spinning around out there in the middle of all that black scrimshawed sky, buckle your seatbelt, ……………and bring a flashlight.   ..

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Then: half of our divas went inland.

Posted on April 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… More, lost. She even bit her sister’s laugh; angsty and brittle, sis laughs. Game and brittle sing flight. But I’ve rigged a jetstream with her fam, and I’ve spoken to Sig and Clunk. Ouch! Very many ninjas coming, and … Continue reading →

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Early Flowers

Posted on April 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Thy fingers make early flowers of all things. thy hair mostly the hours love: a smoothness which sings,saying (though love be a day) do not fear, we will go amaying. – E.E. Cummings … Even as the rain romances, after … Continue reading →

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It’s the (Dead) End of the World as We Know It

Posted on April 30, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… We have a way of constantly falling in love, out of love, off of cliffs, into the great abyss. We crave the great ebony nothing like a drug, shrug our shoulders at the slight pauses, the subordinate clauses, the … Continue reading →

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Sky song for a Friday afternoon

Posted on April 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

Blue is held in heart and chest, stirred by significant breeze, contemplated by clouds. We shroud ourselves in -digo proud, believe ………………..in blur.   .. Prompted by Toads.     

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Feeling Like I Could Breathe Again

Posted on April 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. I remember standing on a lawn and watching bats fly out of our attic. I was 3. I remember the little red rims the cinnamon Santa eyes would leave behind when we ate them off of all Gram’s cookies. … Continue reading →

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going…going…

Posted on April 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. gone girl. gong girl, high on king kong girl, smack that plane right outta the sky. wrong, girl. too long, girl. don’t just run, girl. fly.   ..

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Showing Up on the First Day in Two Different Shoes

Posted on April 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

.. The automatic coffee maker does its job that morning. The alarm clock, notsomuch. Now in a rush, I carefully choose clothes that say I am a responsible adult, a dependable, reliable soul who will certainly be a major asset … Continue reading →

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this poem is a happy hazard

Posted on April 29, 2016 by whimsygizmo

… it’s wearing both a caution sign, and a Ha -kuna Matata t-shirt. it has flirted with the idea of getting a tattoo, but it can’t decide between the angel wings or a skull. it’s all define me define me … Continue reading →

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Telling it Slant (and Upside-down)

Posted on April 28, 2016 by whimsygizmo

{The inevitable magnitude of hindsight.}   .. The Beginning. (That’s what it was.) She, bereft. He left. She, depleted. He cheated. Her, a stranger. His anger. Got hitched with “I dos” She did, too. He did. Became friends. Boy greets … Continue reading →

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