no apostrophe
a hockey player named tim
pluralized coffee

there are, I suppose
many reasons to find joy
I'm dead on a hill

my nails are painted

doesn't mean the rest of me 

has the same veneer

terminology
it changes without action
to promote results

sitting in a room
repeating information
thank god for timbits

powerpoint masters -
i need a secretary -
workplace snobbery

blue skies and green grass
summer greets us once again
and brings us our peace.

sure, you can wear jeans,
with your high heels and dress shirt!
not quite casual.

grandmother passing:
all alone in the universe
ashes console me

dromedary trip:
mid-eastern way of travel
it's hard on your ass

his voice, warm and deep,
reminding me of our love,
settles my spirit

doctorate in grief
the only thing i'm good at
tired of caring

late for work, haiku,
another priority
displaced in my life.

you have belongings
and i have a window-view
mis-spending our youth

unfinished books lie
stories read, promises kept.
unattended art.

laundry suffering
domestic chores occlude me
dishes in the sink

love's labour not lost:
goes on strike from time to time,
never fully leaves.

bound by my choices:
stubbornness and pride, captors,
wounded by silence

we cannot control
(manipulation aside)
thoughts and emotions

animosity:
i could cut you with my words
but i can't bother

personal soundtrack
the whirling of engines, loud
against guitar riffs

mockery is lame
i sense this is crazy talk
refrigerator

the freudian slip:
i know what you are thinking
and wish i did not