Universal Truths

sun-damaged youth every mole is suspicious

political arena my daily news dose of depression

baptist church faith grows in the wildflower garden

portland, moscow, lytton we can't go north to cool off

daisy circles clocking summer's passage

mental illness the lengths between hurdles and silences

rivers rising to the cymbals of thunder and the drums of rain

universal truths I don't believe in heaven or hell

The New Chapter

summer lightning pages of sky briefly lit

rumble of fireworks nature and human nature

repeating myself like the weather

fresh clover the rabbit's return after the rain

new chapter the one armed reading glasses retired

uap report I'm not surprised there are no surprises

holding up better than the border wall the division between dems and the gop

occluded front what biden said vs. what biden meant

2017 flashback over 500,000 fugitives removed from the gun background check database*

nymag article

ohio rally the trump nightmare continues

repeating myself like the weather

patience a green heron teaching me how to fish

passing storm no trip worse than a guilt trip

A Wish For Rain

spam mail and robocalls I'm popular again

tiger lilies stretching into the sunshine

unrelenting heat the breeze is missing

wild raspberries if they had a wish it would be for rain

marbling the paint has its own ideas

cedar siding getting old like me

weather predictions about as accurate as a horoscope

chemotherapy wigs each style a different shade of hope

solitude a blue island between clouds

traveling again a paper airplane lands on the rocking chair

morning dj some wild blackberry tunes from the brown thrasher

         216 days until christmas

(time zone results may vary)

a "good morning" accident the "joy to the world" coffee mug unscathed

growing older I see my quotation marks repeat themselves

middle east cease fire the smaller birds chase the hawk away

trump de fleur in the legal woes he planted

may be cloudy more than rainy

saturday's garage sale sunday's news

uneven sidewalk a sparrow pecks at a ritz cracker

pond sunrise the wisps of fog forgotten

QAnon and Cyber Ninjas at least the UFO's are real