The Little Words Mean the Most

I am so [fill in the blank..]

... [sorry

an apology sweeps across generations

DNA drills down

 

When you try to count the raindrops

 

you hear

tinfoil rain

cat scratch rain

sand through your hand rain

runnels of rubber roofing nails

drowning rain

rice rain

cranberries rain

snare banging rain

monkey paw rain

rainy rain rain

 

and you hope it never stops

 

 

sorry

    

 

it's coming

I met you this morning

Perfect omelet past security in Ft. Wayne

Found a spot out of the way; I

 

HE looked up

off his left shoulder

 

Big screens upside down showing morning news updates from Florida post-Irma,

sorry?

the biggest PR campaign in US "I had snow birds

getting on airplanes for Florida

wondering why bother nothing's left

 

where do I fit in?

there's your breakfast mental IED for you

 

 

 

 

EVERYME

 

 

 

 

the movie

our 1st thistle

 

my ancestry: bee candy with a lot of spikes

 

 

 

that doesn't come tattooed on your right buttock

 

that's the stirring in your heart and muscles

 

when you hear the pipes exhale and then a competent man of the highlands begins whining

 

you respond

 

there are deep wires

 

TRIBAL is beyond philosophy    i  reckon

 

 

The Bug

 

 

 

I killed it

 "Can I have that cone in remorse?"

 

Wow, call the literary cops: IS THIS LEGAL?

 

 

I'm writing a novel from the inside out

 

 

 

Are we each other's aviaries?

 

 

Is that all this is?

I am like my old friend POTUS

 

I USE

as does my peepeepal and yours DONALD

(Ignorant is the New Black; Rich Has ALWAYS Been Enough)

TRUMP rhymes with DUMP

as in a misled electoral college took a

as is UK slang for FART

 

he he he uses the very same Cross pen

I have have have right now in my hands

his to sign decrees and orders

and (shall we?) guillotin-ings

 

it feels

heavy

right

dignified

solid

responsible

balanced

 

that may be this pen's fatal flaw, history (we used to teach that, for a reason)

will decide

 

 

 

 

An audit, conducted solely by tweets

 

 

science, you are surprising

 

I like that / now possible ? easy

more possible than fried eggs at breakfast

once upon a time; more possible than

instant coffee because we all have those machines

 

IT'S EXPENSIVE BUT THE COFFEE'S

pretty good, she decided

good enough for the expense and convenience

 

HE WAKES UP