her character flaw
one that i cannot abide
supporting unions

paint nomenclature
pageant green and applause please
i want this job next

unpunctuated - 

church songs end up meaning things

most unintended.  

bare branches, lost leaves

a cold rain blows through it all

i am warm inside

autumn weather waits
a prologue to winter's threat
pretty leaves, falling

insecurity
petals' future predictions
love me, love me not

days i don't get dressed
used to be a lot more fun
hashtag work from home

my dog ignores me

but so does my family

re-evaluate

armchair quarterbacks
high fiving me with each goal
sure, i'll take credit.

winding country road

our conversation colourful

and outside the lines

dogs chasing rabbits

instinct is a task master

why even bother?

today, a hard day
mockery injures my spirit
i miss your advice

i'm falling apart
a glorious shattering
omelettes, anyone?

academic speak
useless, to those doing work
helpful, to those not

wearing her new clothes

nakedness not fooling me

wish i was dumb, too

we laugh 'til we cry

and then cry until we laugh

our mixed emotions

walking off the plane
and back into my real life
confusion sets in

anniversary
not the real one, but close enough
old love lumbers on

traveling for work

living out of suitcases

absence, heart, fondness

one bellini in
i'm slurring my words and thoughts
imagining bed

bumpy airplane ride
week ahead - foreshadowing?
wheels down in the west

village people songs
funky disco reminders
of our changing tides

thankful for troubles

carving me to a better

version of myself

as my clock's stick, ticks,

and nothing is well resolved,

i prepare dinner.

my niece and nephew

always call me "ant loser"

never learned to spell

drop side cribs are banned
caused 32 infant deaths
how much death by guns?

i sometimes can count
but sometimes i cannot
needing to edit

can't wake up from this
your abandonment of me
i missed all the signs.

phone call from dog pound
unimpressed when i ask them
do you deliver?

my pants, on backwards,
i notice while in public,
might as well own it.

the hole by the fence

and the absence of barking

suggest i'm dogless.