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I. Fire Though you, too, consume oxygen, you are not fire You do not burn You do not combust You do not spark You do not cackle II. Water Though you, too, ebb and flow, you are not water You do not rain You do not cloud You do not bubble You cannot wash III.…

Winters in Texas are strange: during the day, the weather is warm and comfortable—the way everyone knows Texas. But at night, the heat dissipates, and sometimes temperatures drop below freezing, creating a stark contrast between day and night, warmth and cold.  Tom was here on a business trip. He hadn’t run in several days and…

  Poem inspired by the image on this book cover – a bronze, Lakonian mirror with the figure of a nude woman comprising the handle.    The Bronze Mirror   Here – There is a mirror. The glass is missing but the handle remains. Bronze. Darker than skin – But reminiscent.   I cannot touch…

Walking down a sidewalk as the sun descends but never fades and there’s a song playing on my iPod called “Sleep the Clock Around” by Belle and Sebastian. There’s nothing surreal about today except the fluttering gold sunbeams flickering like butterflies, desperately grasping onto anything they can to preserve the last half-hour of daylight.  There’s a…