Song for a Blackout
“The thing about the power is, you never think about it until it’s gone” –The Captain the final moments of the day string out the notes of a fading arpeggio cascading down one by one until there is only silence and space once occupied darkness in a wave rolls uphill leaving a wake of candlesticks & gaslights and … Continue reading
Cinder Cone Lotus Śāstra
We live in myth and the past, dealing in dreams and lies. We desire magic and something more grand than the world in front of us, as undeniable and constant as the ticking of a clock. We wish for something more ethereal and cosmic than the immediacy of the present. We want heroes, gods, and … Continue reading
second snow, two a.m.
A few inches in town, blowing in hard as I drive home, clearing the streets like plows that never come. Probably there will be a foot or more on the mountains. The wind breaks like surf across the butte and drags the snow into fractal fern patterns. The clouds hover just above, hushing the landscape … Continue reading
the wrong side of dawn
i should have been in my bed long ago, by the side of my dreaming angel. but my muse is a sleepless bitch and she bangs loudly on the walls all night long, so i find myself here in these early hours telling you this. a shooting star hangs long in the air, south to … Continue reading
there are no fences between us to mend
towards the end of summer, my neighbor’s dog passed away. not that i know any of my neighbors in the sort of way which would prompt them to share this sort of information with me. we know each other in a passing wave and polite hello way. i fear a couple of them may even … Continue reading
why i don’t have to live like a refugee
i rent a house from Tom Petty. ok, it’s not really Tom Petty but he looks a helluva lot like him. that is if he usually drove a beat up early 80’s Subaru and played air guitar while singing “I won’t back down” in front of the gas fireplace he installed. of course if Mr. … Continue reading
Smoke Signals 