Lady Baltimore

C is for Captivity.

Also: Canker, Coprolite, Cucumbering.

mask

corpis colossal

istanbul was constantinople
now it's istanbul not constantinople
see me today
just wait till you see me tomorrow
blooming fields of gerbera daisies
dancing once-dead dinosaurs awake
seeding the world
could be a job for two

I am your mind.

read.
title.
again.

Nori Dori Do

9-yr old Nora, freckle-faced and brilliant,
has spina bifada. I've only really known her for a day,
but before I left Rockport I treated her and her sister to ice cream.
"What kind would you like Nora?" I asked.
"The usual," she smiled.
Freakin' smartass.

Wood within wood

A woodpile on a wet porch.
Cranberry Pond, Tolland, Massachusetts

Crescents

Skaket Beach, Cape Cod, Massachusetts