
All Aboard



The beat of the
windshield wipers begins
and holds steady
as the dark clouds
of the worlds concert hall
slowly open
to the rhythm of the rain.
Passing headlights
provide the light show
joined with
the whoosh and hum,
a tire chorus
on wet pavement.
Spring’s early morning
experimental symphony.

I cannot say I’m a great poet.
I’m not even sure I can say
I’m a good poet.
But, I do like words
their power to
evoke and invoke
feelings and emotions
pictures and memories.
And so I struggle
ever so humbly to
express my self into being.


A half-deflated balloon
decorated with
colorful stars and
“You’re So Special”
tethered to its cubicle
now
bobbing and weaving
now
drifting listlessly in
currents of stale
recirculated air
its metallic surface
reflecting the
bright
white light of
office fluorescents



