A license plate read
CROWNHM. I thought Jesus, but
Trump said it was him.
JDG
Doggie Lament
He sniffed, sampled, cast
me a look. “Why change brands?”
he seemed to say. “Can’t
you humans let things be and
not strive for variety?”
JDG
Ah Yes
What’s that muttering I hear?
A teen talking to herself?
How it’s not fair
to have to clean her room?
How she won’t treat
her own kids that way?
Ah yes,
how strange it is to hear
my own words echo
across sixty years.
JDG
That’ll Show Them
I did the only
thing I could when I opened
my sock drawer and found
a mouse – I screamed and said I
was going to build a wall.
JDG
For Starters
In moments of stress, may I find a way
not to increase
suffering,
mine or
theirs.
JDG
Whispers of Gold
Early morning mist
wanders among Autumn trees,
whispers of golden
moments yet to come before
the long, cold claim of winter.
JDG
Creature Comforts
Aging calico
cat dreams, body rising with
each breath. I dream too.
JDG
Mid-Atlantic Confusion
Even the birds seem
confused. It’s mid-October
and eighty degrees.
JDG
Megalogophile
His love of all words
sesquipedalian makes
me shake my head,
but, alas, he seldom meets
a big word he doesn’t like.
JDG
Fireworks
As Sunday slowly
slipped away, the sun set off
a stunning display.
JDG
