070629_0520

His curls gone,
i watched him
sitting on the floor emulating the other boy,
and me wanting to turn
walk away, but he's there
in the doorway with his baby bouncing
trying to watch his son practice,
And we hens clucked and clucked.

070628_0745

it occurred to me
as I twirled into the kitchen
my life would feel
somewhat less
dramatic
If i just stopped
listening to
opera.

070625_1430 Slipping

The mail was

Silent

Slipped thru the slot

Lying on the floor

As I peeked out

Hopeful, Anxious

Could it really be there?

The rubber band

Bowing the tiny pair of envelopes

070624_0945

The dissonance of operetta,
Silenced.
And the songs of the birds
and a quiet moment before breakfast
and the noisy city sounds.

070624_1209

Snoring from his office,
kids still laughing and playing about
me wanting to talk to someone
going to sleep silent and alone

070623_1145 on the porch

He smelled of earl grey tea

and the sky overcast

the light even

and warm

humid and cooler

and we laughed

about nothing in particular.