Tables of strangers

who are, somehow, family;

and familiar anyhow.

~

There’s something about

sharing a meal together…

differences can be tabled.

How creative we’d

 be if each generation

left its box, breathed some fresh air.

~

For the last four years,

have we not been proving that

different blooms cross pollinate?

Penetrating heat;

a, briefly welcome, respite

after hours in A/C.

~

When we get too much

of one thing, we begin to

long for the other.

What’s a good way to

handle the rising heat – both

internal and external ?

~

Seek the quietude

of shade beside still waters

and soak in that cool embrace.

Lazy afternoons

in these summer mountain vales

harken back to simpler times.

~

With no place we have

to go and nothing we have

to do, we can catch our breath.

Unspeakable acts

must be spoken of. Silence

perpetuates harm.

~

Despicable deeds

by deplorable dastards

demand denunciation.

Both perseverance

and perseveration are

facets of the same hard stone.

~

  Though they share a base,

one facet is carved from free

intent. The other is not.

How would things change if

we treated each moment as 

a friend who needs our presence?

~

Ulcers would abound,

all those moments demanding,

rudely, our rapt attention!

More often than not,

quantitative metrics fail

to demonstrate quality.

~

How many folks does

it take to change a light bulb?

More is not better.

Though I’m here in my

native land, I feel I’ve been

transported to foreign shores.

~

Sometimes a stranger

can find oneself in strange lands

without even leaving home.