This Too Shall Pass
The flame that burns so bright, this too shall pass
However strong the light, this too shall pass
You heap the wood upon the open fire
And set the world alight, this too shall pass
An Argument Against Cynicism
What surprises me more than a new
millipede species was discovered this week
in Los Angeles County is that anyone cares
enough about millipedes to look for them. Entomologists
may be the last true heroes.
Mockingbirds
My friend says she wants to shoot
the mockingbirds who infest the big tree
outside her window and sing all night.
Abecedarian for the Horses in a Trailer on Route 66
above the hood of this
beetle of a car, the sky
carries itself lightly. hugely. blue.
At the End
How can one ever begin at the end? —Death is regeneration at the end Waiz lives piety, prays five times