The Little Words Mean the Most

2 of my fave Southern transplants

 

 

 

 

 

Kivi Leroux Miller, Marc Pitman, octopus, me; @ BloomCom 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dear

 

 

what can I say?

 

How can I adequately thank you? This mission TOTALLY depends on True Believers like you. As mussels depend on the tide to feed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

"We are so proud of you"

 

 

 

a novel of American manners 2017

 

 

 

is wine the tide

 

 

washing up my stems and stairs

dragging my beaches rowdy bare naked

 

2 days ago

I "rescued" in my mind, jabbing a finger down on karmic superstitions

an overturned crab, resigned

then struggling vigorously on its back sawing the violins once lifted

shell's complexion pink rhododendron

no bigger than a child's bracelet

scooped in my right palm atop a boule of draining beach sand

 

as soon as

it was righted that

crab dug fast backwards

into flooded corrugated pudding

a million planets per square inch

 

we walked the tidal sands of Scituate, Mass north from Egypt Beach

on alert

lifeguards forever

 

 

 

a trained observer crashes a party by invitation

 

 

first row, third shot: that's a bourbon-based BLOODY MARY with pickles, a strip of bacon stuck into a red cup's depths, impolitely garnished with a spicy SLIM JIM . Geoff just NOW nailed up his MBA from Boston College somewhere in the house

How do you know you've won the lottery for BEST grand-parents ever? maybe they're counted amongst the best teachers in America? 30-year veterans? award-winnning Larry K. with grandson, Griffin: call & response. "Who's going to be the smartest kid in

 

charity benches of Scituate, MA

 

understand

 

 

 

fear of loss is FAR more powerful

 

than hope of gain (well-known psych research)

 

US conservatives

fight for their lives

other words in their hearts

so

 

don't expect the best, zombies yeah yet they firmly

command vast AND steadfast, self-interested resources

if you own the cannons will you prevail?

 

"unless we build better cannons" someone

one of you said