> monolog

> monolog

You weren't paying attention

when I told you, like before,
that the teaspoons, the little spoons.
The spoons you eat your oatmeal with.

Well, those spoons, the teaspoons,
the ones you use in the morning,
they must go into the dishwasher
a certain way...

That's with the fat side down. 

The scoop end goes into the holder first.
Otherwise, the skinny end, the part you hold,
will fall through the holder and jam the machine.

-dp-
 10-28-13

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And again, you weren't paying attention
at all when I told you, like before,
that the teaspoons, the little spoons.
The spoons you eat your oatmeal with.

> monolog

You probably weren't paying attention
but I'll tell you again, just as before,
you know the teaspoons, the little spoons.
The spoons you eat your oatmeal with
at breakfast?

You know the spoons I'm talking about?
Well, those spoons, the teaspoons,
the ones you use in the morning, well
they must go into the dishwasher
a certain way...

That's with the fat side down. The end
that you put in your mouth goes in the holder.
Otherwise, the skinny end, the end you hold,
falls through the holder and jams

the machine.

-dp-
10-28-13

-dp-
 10-28-13

crumbs

>> crumbs

I only eat whole cookies
not ones that are cracked
or in pieces, or the tiny
crumbs that cling to the
bottom of the cookie jar
or even those rattling sugary bits
mingling with grains and chips
that may have some dough
and chocolate melted inside
or bound to the clear plastic
clamshell container that they
arrive from the store in
but what's left now is only
destined for some landfill
or better, perhaps, some
cookie recycling center
deep in the desert
where maybe one day
they can be re-mixed
and become whole again!
besides, nobody really knows
what goes on out there...


-dp-
8-5-17

lost in a life (eternal)

I married

worked
the same job
for thirty years
raised a daughter

lived a life
that applied
to no one

until I found
that hope
is eternal
and love
love is all

-dp-
11-21-14



(eternal)


I married
worked
the same job
for thirty years
raised a daughter
lived a life
that applied
to no one

until I found You,

and now 
I know
that hope
is eternal
and love
Your love
is all

-dp-
11-21-14