Friday, June 18, 2010

(What do you call five)

What do you call five
year olds with gentle green thumbs?
Tendergardeners.

Thursday, June 17, 2010

(What do tomatoes)

What do tomatoes
and kindergartners have in
common? Cut and paste.

Tuesday, June 15, 2010

Logging Lab Time

I was just another
experiment
to you --
just another
vial of blood
to spin in your
laboratory machine.
You were only interested
in the raw data --
the results of your
scientific investigation.
You invested time into
our relationship
so that you could
observe and analyze
the case study
sleeping next to you.
But I was more than
anatomy, biology
and chemistry.
I was more than
eyes and hips and lips.
My heart beat with
real emotion and
sincere love for you.
I realized way too late
that you saw me
through the eyes
of a doctor,
not a lover.
I guess that's why
you were so
cold and calculating.
You saw me as mere
research --
another lab rat --
just another
opportunity
to log in some lab time.

Friday, June 11, 2010

The Post-Vacation Blues (Salvation by Strawberries)

Today, my cubicle
feels like a cage.
I want to be
five hundred and
thirty-seven miles
away, sitting in my
favorite coffee shop
with a caramel latte
in one hand and
a book in the other.
I want to be in
the home of my
alma mater with
the one I love,
chasing sunsets
and sailboats and
strawberry Sundays.

Wednesday, June 09, 2010

(sitting on the pot)

sitting on the pot
in a strange town -- suddenly
all the lights go out

Tuesday, June 08, 2010

Power Conservation

He's the kinda guy that
makes your skin crawl
right into the corner.
He's a short man,
good-looking,
but way too cocky.
After surviving
the creeps that
linger in the air
next to my booth
after he finishes
his lunchtime greeting,
I kinda feel sorry
for the guy.
He clearly has
Short Man syndrome --
he works way too
hard to be confident,
suffocating the
great guy that
lies beneath his
attempts at suave-a-tude.
I consider forgoing
my reading booth lunch routine
just to avoid one more
unsolicited stroll-by,
but decide to favor
my pity for the fool
rather than my revulsion.

Monday, June 07, 2010

(first firefly of)

first firefly of
the season -- almost as bright
as the light in your eyes