One More Time Around

Corn maze--

dead ends aren't dead.

Just places to empty

the gold dust from our shoes and start

over

Arborcide

 Starving, 

the maples skinned

alive. Damaged. Girdled.

Who would want anyone to die

this way?

Anxiety Growth Chart

What if

I miss a day?

How worry journals start

to become the problem I write

about.

Compulsive Déjà Vu

"Nothing inspires cleanliness more than an unexpected guest." ~ Radhika Mundra

Adding 

to the chaos,

I declutter myself

with more books on decluttering

myself.

The Spirits of WilaKenda

"Nothing haunts us more than our own memories." 

~ Cindy Tebo

Ghost town--

       a collection

             of maple seeds fallen

       off the tree. The New Madrid fault

nearby.

Workplace

Secrets

of the repeat

abusers--no matter

where you go, it turns out they're all 

the same.

 

TANNER

"Grandma,

watch this." A boy's

continuous cartwheels

around the walls of engine house

ruins.

Elephant Rocks State Park

When coins rattle, philosphers are silent.         ~Serbian Proverb

Crveni Krst

The scars

not the tattoos

hiding them--you see one

imagining you know something.

You don't.