Category: Human Nature

  • What is it you've had to settle for, if ever, or have you always gotten your way?If the dust clears,If the fog thickens:Did you make the right call?Were there no other choices at all? Those memorized lines and well-rehearsed gesturesHave flung you so far afield of your dreamsThe golden thread is severedThe road awash in…

  • "Be like that bird there in the live oak," Gary told me over the back fence. "Don't overthink your decisions. Take action but don't fall in love with any one particular outcome. You'll get your supper sure enough. What difference does it make if it's a worm or a cricket?" "Well, there's the texture thing.…

  •   A rolling requestAn advertisementA plea:Step right up and ride me! (I don't know where I'm going but you won't mind.Foreign intrigue?Local color?) There aren't enough tickets to go aroundFor more than one turn of the wheelOne more drive of the spikeMore reasons to drag your heels. If you had to be honestWould the drone…

  • What I do feeds me. HeartBodyMindSoul. Nourished. No siren goes broke.

  • Things That Inspire: Obsession isn't one of them. Mindless attachment to objects and places sure doesn't warrant admiration. Imitation drains the spirit but people feel flattered by it just the same. No, can't say a facsimile thrills me. Neither does blind devotion to a specific outcome. I deduct points for every sign that goes unnoticed.…

  •   afraid of what waitssheets hide less happy tidingsa head too heavy no blanket statementswarmth is a game of degreesjust right is hearsay thrive in bitter nightdreams are kept better on icetime does not play nice A secret-filled heartbetrays the well-kept façadesleep does not bring peace

  • I've left a deposit in the snow bank. Something for you to draw against when all the things scream to be made. Please don't think what I've buried is your private stash of Taschengeld. If you're hungry I know how to boil water. If there are holes in your stockings, I happen to dabble in…

  • everyone copies everyone elsecan't remember the lines that popped into my head just now but i'm sure you heard them loud enough to call them your ownsave your breathhold out your handsomeone is bound to click on the linkjump down the hole straight into the vaultget into the Subterfuge Groove(No Secret: the road is where…

  • Grab a square of dead woodUse a lot of glue to get a clue to emergeLook carefullyThere's at least one clear idea hidden among theShards left behind by idle thoughts and half-formed wishesIf you find it write it downPin no hope to a rough edgeOne clear idea takes a long time to find its legsAnd…

  • what do you need a map for when you just disregard the signs the universe places at your feet? giving in isn't the same as giving up. to give is the secret. don't expect any sexy catchphrases. just let the vibration lead you rather than lull you back to sleep. see why dreams are so…