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
terri guillemets
composed by yours truly
Reformulated
Perhaps age is just youth
— old and improved!
Shadow-sweet
If beer tastes too much of cheer,
well then it borders on porter.
Morning routine
Breathe, thank, pray, rise,
Symptomatic
A maltreated body will cry out in symptoms.
Startup
Spring stirs under silent snow.
Suffering in silence
If you don’t know anyone who has it worse than you, trust this —
Summer saguaro
With fruity-fingered arms, I hug the sky.
Overdoing it
Stretching oneself too thin is the disease of modern life — letting oneself
Hazardous waste
Stress is the trash of modern life — we all generate it but if you don’t dispose of it properly, it will pile up and overtake your life.
Leaving behind
In winter, forgive the fallen leaves of your past.
Sharp wit
Satire is merely pointing out that roses have thorns, and that we can’t
Junky
Junk mail, junk food, our society is full of junk living, period.