DAY NINE - SPECIAL PLACES

NEW YORK CITY

It has always been thus, a big-hearted city
that has treated me kindly, never harsh, nor rude
Has granted me solace when I've needed some
Let me sleep overnight once in Penn station
As long as I've been coming here, she's been
my safe haven, the one place I feel really fine

DAY THREE: UNEXPECTED IN A PARKADE

UNEXPECTED IN A PARKADE

It is silent and cool in the parkade
when I go to pull out of my spot,
I see the outline of a bird sitting
on a wire outside the structure
I take a photo through my window.
Some trick of optics makes the
crow appear enormous when I upload
the photo to my computer.

Day 2 Awake August BLACK PUG AGING

Amber eyes still bright in fast graying mug
Cotton-candy pink tongue peeks out

I WILL BE GETTING CAUGHT UP ... BUT STARTING TODAY AUGUST 10th

WORRYING ABOUT THE WRONG THINGS

Sipping iced water, my neighbour and I relax into afternoon on our deck. All I see is the rotting boards, the nails popping out, or missing. She tells me how much she loves our pots of flowers - wonders how we get them to bloom like this.