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.