Now Hear This!

An old friend invites me for coffee and offers a buffet of half-finished sentences, sound bytes on a roll, and transitions to somewhere. There is a slight pause as he begins the one story I manage to hear well enough to piece together. Regan tells me that  conversations at home are often difficult, so he recently encouraged his wife to schedule herself a hearing test. The test came back normal, he says. He just mumbles.

Double ( - Cross - ) Talk

I wonder
                  why
                           we feed ourselves lines --

                                                              reason
                                                                  crossing
                                                                        over
                                                                           desire
        
                                                                                       j  u s t  
                                                                                              i f y i n g

                                                                                                          the 
                                                                                                              double-cross.

Sharing a Special Moment

I make espressos on our new home machine.
Partner walks around the corner into the washroom for a quick visit,
then walks out a few minutes later and announces, 
  "That smells really good, doesn't it?"

I laugh out loud. Too much information.

Oedipus Wrecks and other Ex

you all know
that very old story
of the little fish
that got a way
with words
at home
where the son
don’t shine
out of daddy’s
assets
and mommy
lets the children
play house
in the dark
all day,
don’t you?