Sometimes a relationship can hobble along for years with an injured leg
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Reduced visibility
A bad attitude is a fog over your whole body.
P & L
with each passing year
spirit becomes more asset
body, liability
Belly laughs
When laughter feasts, sadness starves.
Tickle me pink & atomic tangerine
I can tell it’s probably not going to be much of a productive day when I spend ten minutes over morning coffee trying to match each color of the sunrise to its corresponding crayon.
Counterbalance
No matter how frustrating and scary everything else seems to be in this crazy world, at least there’s this: it’s pumpkin pie season!
Weightless
if all a bird knows is flying
but one day on the edge of a rooftop
realizes he’s afraid of heights
do his wings feel heavier
does his brain swirl around
with the vertigo of fear? —
and if all I’ve ever known
is fear,
when I find inner peace
will my soul grow wings?
Aegrotum sanare
Autumn is the antidote to stifling summer.
Gilt
Can a good person be both a tree hugger and a book lover, when one has to be murdered to create the other?
Bean burrito
Fry once the beans then fry again
Mix in a pinch of red cayenne
Top with queso that has been shred
Wrap all inside the steamrolled bread
99¢
Ninety-Nine is a famous number
for at the market the seller knows
he is so very much more popular
than his bigger brother The Dollar!
—Terri Guillemets
Reformulated
Perhaps age is just youth
— old and improved!
Shadow-sweet
If beer tastes too much of cheer,
well then it borders on porter.