(Live well and love well.)

Live well and love well.
For today is all we have,
so far as we can tell.

(minutes from the beach)

minutes from the beach

home of my alma mater

my coming of age

Seasonal Criminals

There's something about
summertime sandals --

they're too much

to handle

when it comes to

the stench that

sweaty feet and

leather create.

My nostrils don't

celebrate or salivate about

the smell that emanates

from the partnership

that perpetrates

heinous crimes
against olfactory.

(The duck swimming in)

The duck swimming in
the empty pool doesn't know
the pool's not for him.

(the cardinal)

the cardinal
sounding off
like the Fourth of July

with gratitude to Rebecca Davenport for a spectacular ending