Oh, they say wear a mask for safety’s sake. Are they kidding? Fear grips the heart and throat of merchants when they cannot fully see a black or brown face: male or female. Masks intimidate. Suspect just by being alive. Complicated. We wish for normal more than others because we are aware what the masks […]
prose poem
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My life is restrained, but not over
The following is a prose poem. Cookies have been baked and today pie crust is mixed to become part of tomorrow’s Coconut cream pie. Tonight’s delight is corned beef and cabbage, our late St. Pat’s Day. Bird feeders have been filled and bird watching is ongoing with squirrel chasing. Dog walking completed before 8 a.m. […]
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Pandemic: A prose poem I wrote about finding ourselves in the middle of things
The human spirit is something not easily broken. Or so they say as one word sets off a disaster. Pandemic is defined as “(of a disease) prevalent over a whole country or the world”, but what we hear is panic. When you take out the middle of the word, three syllables, and you just focus […]