exception

all is derivative.
to find an exception
is indeed,
a find.

neutral

gray sky everywhere
softens the trees that
intrude it.
neutral background,
better for hanging my
mind’s art.

relentless

what is more relentless:
our ordinary minds or
our ordinary clocks?
guess, it really makes
no difference,
same springs
wound tightly.

signs

lighted beer signs…
why do we have to advertise
for what is already desired?
more useful would be flashy signs for
root canals and enemas.
of course, both need beer.

collaborate

asked to collaborate on a project,
one mused to his self, ‘hey,
that’s my problem:
competent internal committees
still efficiently keeping it all
together’.

point

didactic finger,
all joints swollen
with confidence.
pained inferences
at the point.

bare

sunburned affectations,
too low SPF,
all bare pretenses
surprisingly left
my nudist camp.

privacy

privacy:
considering that you
need a place for your self
to fill.
better it be occupied with underwear
and old socks.
needed at most, an overnight bag for your privates.

improvise

whatever you do,
improvise–

it’s a secret mating dance
to call apparent ‘real self,’
(or snipes,
can’t remember which).

mugging

pleased countenance
covers one’s host of faces,
all mugging for recognition,
none facing its doubt
with penetrating looks.

ideogram

inward deliberate stepping
into wholeness
is the way.
ideogram, beckoning.

flapping

coasting swiftly downhill,
I sure hope there’s wind,
for my mind is flapping.

focus

just focus.
that’s all.
not on anything particular
except,
the closest verb.

notes

piano lessons long ago.
yet only now he now hears the 104
notes on his apple keyboard,
(occasionally in tune).

massive enough

forget the big questions.
‘how do you continue in
ways displeasing to yourself?’
is massive enough for
daily bench pressing.

(course, there are also portable benches
for the mobile would-be-toned.)

without delay

screw the smiley faces,
he wants man-sized content
in his literary take out.
of course, needless to say, and
unequivocally, he wants it now.
without any delay… you know…
but, still really filling, and all that…

all I can say is that ‘our
computers are down,’ and then
smile.

lingering

a lingering dream of flight
and freedom.
most alarm clocks, alas,
unwound and mute.

flexibility

most minds are perfect-bound,
though spiral allows much more
flexibility,
and you just don’t have to deal
will all the glue.
regardless, sizes still come
standard.

unwrapping

the yard must be grateful
for the dog gifts.
no unwrapping
required.

cue

a bird cry–
is all birds’ cry,
and no bird’s cry.
sounds so slight
can cue the Leap.

green

soft barefoot strides
new green sneakers
Air Mosses.

anecdotes

some anecdotes
aren’t antidotes.
but why else?

distractions

don’t waste energy blocking
distractions.
just open the other side and
let ‘em pass through.
I find the breeze has a good
sweeping action.

block of ink

a block of ink, calligraphy brush, and
a computer.
quick strokes onto keyboard,
brush/body moving as one,
surprise after surprise up on the screen.
space between keys
soon all filled up with art.

timing

dogs pushing on swinging door.
springs are against them.
timing is everything,
except when time can’t make
it through, either.

glance

days blend
yet detail still bright.
time crawls from
glance to glance,
dwelling on the
small points.

woven

more than being aware of awareness,
the woven mindscape creates all awareness,
and spells out the secret in vast letters
for all to see.

both oceans

beer-conversation.
getting us back to both
oceans, with giggles.

wedged

our friend’s ‘action or thinking of action.’
is a vast lever to use against the pedestal of mind.
(he expected us to push hard enough
to get the point).
–you know /wedged in place under that dang thing.

howling

now cats into turf fight.
all that howling over where
you can spray.
I save any howls for how
funny it is to consider
how my mind might pee.
……hmmm, maybe that
explains that distinct
wetness over there, where
I just let my awareness sit.

co-pilot

don’t expect to fly like a bird.
let birds fly like birds.
co-pilot your own awareness,
flying with a bird’s absence
of expectation.