Ethan

You really haven’t lived 

until you’ve watched a rainstorm 

from an open garage door 

on a farm in western Vermont 

with a mason jar of Argentinian wine 

in your dry hand, post-peak foliage.

Currently reading:

“Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes.

$pent Correctly

Going to market

or gallows

the same:

This facelessness endures/

Dehumanization.

(They beg for more.)

Don't ask him

to break stride

while appeasing a Pisces

with a lust for the sea.

Be part of the process

but not the Machine.

The Price of Doing Business

In the bowels 

of a storage unit

I puked into during a move

eleven years back

I find a pristine tackle box

that he made for me 

decades ago:

brand new lures

a stainless steel filet knife (made in China)

pliers without rust

sinkers not attached to my ankles.

If only he'd helped 

prepare me

for more

than the fish I'd never chase.

Currently reading:

"The Dark Half" by Stephen King.

Rejection

The artist tried to warn me

on the gripe with purple ink.

I look now at my shoulder

where my skin has faded:  pink.

Currently reading:

"Rattle:  Summer 2020."