At a certain point

life becomes more about

subtraction than addition

except maybe for wisdom.

JDG

That bee and  that butterfly

dined at the same bush.

They didn’t hurry off.

There was plenty enough for two.

JDG

 According to Knox

the core problem is excessive tidiness

that results in the removal of sticks.

He is grateful though

that they can’t remove the squirrels.

JDG

Sometimes, on really hard days,

understanding arrives unexpected

and unannounced.

Today my usually aloof cat

lay down next to me.

nuzzled my hand and softly purred.

A hard day slowly turned soft.

JDG

It may not be the best

or even very good.

but it was worth a try

or at least that’s what

I tell myself as the grandkids

roll their eyes.

JDG

Life’s a wild mix

of the mundane and sublime.

Yesterday, as I was taking out the trash,

I saw a young girl standing beneath a tree,

head raised, singing to a nest of birds.

JDG

On my way to the dump 

I passed rolling hills of green,

scatterings of buttercups,

boughs of purple wisteria

before I arrived at

 a wasteland of discards –

 mountains of cans, cartons, bottles,

cardboard, plastic, and who knows what.

I added my own collection of debris.

A large, cawing crow swooped by my car.

 I couldn’t look him in the eye.

I just left.

JDG