Seeing that bumper

sticker and that license plate,

I started down a

bumpy road. Fueled with righteous

indignation and

unexamined assumptions,

I traveled along

until Pogo looked at me

and said, as he has

said before, “We have met the

enemy and he is us.”

                                                                                               JDG

In dreams all I think

I know is swept aside and

a motley crew of

is, was, and never has been

take the darkened stage.

Sometimes an “I” I barely

recognize joins in

and an alternate tale of

how things were, are, and

might still be is spun. It’s as

though I’m listening

to a wise but crazy aunt

and after I leave

I’ll have to sort things out. Still,

she has shown me how

things look from the other side

and I’m the richer for it.

                                                                                           JDG

Sometimes it’s enough

to find an unexpected

solidarity

in a brief meeting of eyes,

an awareness shared,

and the possibility

of a discussion to come.

                                                                                           JDG

This young one who took

my face into her small hands

at age two, looked me

in the eye and said, ” I told

you. People weak.” turned

 eighteen today and is as

wise and wonderful as then.

                                                                              JDG