it was sometime last fall, the night I fell in love with a pear.
i stood in juxtaposition
a city apartment not a sunny farm
dishwasher swishing ,not crickets chirping
thirsty from a diet-dictated workout not a day of work in the field
i suppose i should have reached for a giant plastic bottle of dayglo sweet sweat but instead [...]
Archive for June, 2008
the night i fell in love with a pear
Posted in food on June 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
fear itself
Posted in children, evil, people watching on June 28, 2008 | 1 Comment »
see my heart breaking, little baby in the beaten up car with north carolina plates, as your owners lift you out of your car seat to comfort you while they pull out of their pit stop parking spot to drive away. they roll up the windows, love, because it’s really hard to enjoy the sweet [...]
life taxidermy
Posted in people watching on June 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
bus stop photo. another missed opportunity. it was hot and heavy outside and there was a line of people standing and leaning into the street, squinting to see the bus. someone was waiving themselves with a limp dollar bill in the hot sun. a perfect photo. i’ll have to carry the camera, dictate my thoughts, [...]
delay
Posted in aging, goodbyes on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
i have known him for twenty two years, the older man who attends my church with his wife. they both have always been so kind to me. how do they find me in that sea of churchgoers? i have missed many a service at church, hundreds even. but for all the times i’ve shown up [...]
company
Posted in people watching on June 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
a few days ago i saw something i’d never seen before. a helpful meter maid. she counseled someone in their car about how to park in a back-in only space. she teased a local business owner about having three tickets waiting for him on his car. she told another woman that if she had a [...]
