Time Traveler

He came from a different time, earlier than ours. He came from last year. 
He walked through a door, found himself in a CVS parking lot and knew somehow he had to pick up a prescription. He turned toward the store and saw there were people waiting in line outside. They were all wearing masks but he wasn’t aware of any pollution in the air.

Unwriting My Story

Let me spin my story anew

We didn’t live in Guernsey Hollow, so why would I care

if I might have had to snap potato bugs in a small garden

that we could have had across the road

Sheltering in Place

My outdoor garden

is sheltering in place

aware the temps are holding,

holding back

A Woman Assumes a Man

A woman assumes a man

She puts him on like a coat

Against the elements

RCP

That he died is not important.
He did that only once.
That he lived is everything.
He did that every day.

On a Cold Day

On a cold day

in a late Fall

lying behind a dune

Mother's Day 1939

“Take out the crib and leave the playpen, Doc.

The diapers that I’ve got are wearing thin,

the oldest boy has rickets and the skin

on his little sister’s pale enough to shock

The Rib that Got Away

Yes, Adam was asleep

when God lifted his rib

to make him a helpmate

Well, she helped herself

Fascination

A comb

A spritz

A lipstick

The Guitarist That Night

Just thinking about the guitarist that night,

who can sing of love

in the most contorted fashion

until the word has lost all loveliness,

A Ripple

Much as a still body of water,

when a trifling breeze comes up,

feels a ripple start across the pond

searching for the consummation