Tom Hanks calls the volleyball
Wilson
because that’s the brand name
my coworker calls his knife
Sheffield
because that’s the company
a friend of the family told me they were creative
in naming their cat…
Category Archive: Free Form
If you asked me,
I’d tell you I think it’s pretty rude,
Mean, and presumptuous too…
Imagine being a force of nature,
running into everything in it’s way,
cutting a path forward,
giving nothing else a say…
Divide and conquer,
is what it’s supposed to be,
but for most projects instead,
“It’s I can trust no one but me…”
when it rains,
where do the butterflies
go?
(a book I read
as a child)
have you watched
an air popper?
the popcorn starts
like a random butterfly
popping into view…
two crocodiles dressed
as flamingos
versus…
I.
time is an illusion
these are the last 12 minutes of your life
II.
caffeine is an allusion
to the state of mind
you’ll be in at the end
of your journey
the dog bite
the moment you bury…
adrenaline manifests
as a swarm of gnats
I didn’t know ….
Take that nervous energy
hold it in both hands
Let it vibrate
a cat purring
Is that better?
Now juggle it….
Joe, do I even wanna know what you’re doing?
I’m building a life-size
version of a Rube Goldberg
contraption…
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