Published: 12 September 2025

My dream

I dreamt I was an actor.
I was sitting with a few other actors,
chatting enjoying their company.
One of the women made a point
of telling me she was married,
flashing her wedding ring.
I realized she thought I
was hitting on her, which I wasn’t.
We finished our conversation, we
all said “see you again, I hope!”
I realized I’d left my jacket
hanging over a chair where I had been
before. I jumped on a bicycle I had
and rode as fast as I could to get
my jacket back. I realized I had no idea
where I had left it. Bit I remembered
a large oval roundabout. I was riding against
traffic, cars whizzing by me. No one honking
but all driving very fast. I thought,
“I’ll stop and get some food from that
fast food stall I like,” but when I arrived
it was covered in a blue tarpaulin. I felt
incredibly disappointed, no food, no jacket.
Then I realized I was wearing a jacket,
a brown one. I must have picked it up somewhere.
My first thought was, “my jacket was a beautiful
teal green and this jacket is brown.” Then I thought
“At least it’s a jacket.”

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Pun-aphors

A pigeon flew at me and made me duck.
I was excited by the bow and arrow, but I no longer get that quiver.
I wanted to write an alphabet in a boat, but I floundered at sea.
I got a dog and wanted us to have pet Latin names — he was going to be Canus, but my friend said “You can’t be Sirius.”

Your Evil Eye

Your evil eye
is much more beautiful
than the other one.

Your evil eye

WW#3

WW#3’s on, no one knows it
first one who says so — they’re the one who blows it
satellite views won’t disclose it
eleven o’clock news is on, but somebody sold it

Father and Child in the Water

You’ve taken her further than Mom would,
now, her giggles are sneezes and tears.
I look up from my book, see you splash,
try to scare the voracious horse fly

white cat

white cat appears at the head of the stairs
disappears as footsteps approach
white cat rests on the crest of the wave
skitters away across multiple planes

Northern water, once again

Get in the water.
This fresh lake bears no threat,
close to mother as you could imagine.

First steps seem simple,
but be deliberate. Step
into the lake, into the water, away

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Pun-aphors

A pigeon flew at me and made me duck.
I was excited by the bow and arrow, but I no longer get that quiver.
I wanted to write an alphabet in a boat, but I floundered at sea.
I got a dog and wanted us to have pet Latin names — he was going to be Canus, but my friend said “You can’t be Sirius.”

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WW#3

WW#3

WW#3’s on, no one knows it
first one who says so — they’re the one who blows it
satellite views won’t disclose it
eleven o’clock news is on, but somebody sold it

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