Attempting a poem a week. Maybe some other musings. Always a work in progress. Satisfaction not guaranteed.

Harvest Moon Blues

What did I think was going to happen?

The moon will wax and wane on schedule—foolish hubris to imagine otherwise.

Twenty-eight days in a sepia haze.

my father who

   could

      nevercarry a tune

composed one for

who knows if the moon’s

a balloon

i remember

plunking   out   the     notes

on a wheezing

mickey mouse

toy organ

it is hot and muggy tonight
all we need is thunder and fireflies
a packed bowl and a campfire
jump scares     truth or dare
ghost in the graveyard

The moon will wax and wax will drip and drip late summer rain the moon will wane.

Autumn on its way, what did I think was going to happen?

Dark Matter

i’m from Missouri