There is an orchard
of apple trees growing
to either side of the road
where we drive our children to school,
go to work,
do our shopping,
rushing back home to our screens.

Long ago, the Celestials planted these trees
watering them with joyful tears of unity
whispering an invitation
to explore the…

Sitting upon a thoroughly dead mattress
I contemplate a Vogon fate
officious in all its strangulations
goggle-eyed I envision
locked in cubicle blunders with daily reminders
empustulated with daily supplements
of triplicated forms

By any sarcastific barb
I would land any implanted Babel Fish
that would audasticly translate
the micturations…

upon the numinous path
the seeker trods
there exists a faint
that festers in the mind
when perceived holy ones
come storming out of temple doors

in this milieu of august company
aspirants avert their eyes
from those at their side
to blind their vision
animated by their groins stirrings

…

Tonight I walked the river trail
behind my home at the foot of the mountain,
bats whirling in a mosquito banquet,
cicadas singing a rain song
to call the river to flow once more,
to cover the stones and send them toward the sea.

As the first stars appeared
and…

Your parole gone, the warden sets you free
price now paid, pick up your debris
no life lies straight, filled with curves
many obstacles to weave around and swerve

Realize with no dust upon your tongue
you could sing no textured songs
in purity’s light, your shadow darkens bright
possessive…

dear friend, I don’t know you
not even your name
and without your name
how can I Google-bound you
to reveal your secrets, botanists have gleaned

all I apperceive is what I see
in this moment
no gasconade of facts from me

I behold a carnelian raid
upon the umber of…

Sorry to tell you, but there is no soul mate out there, that perfect partner who will complete you. No matter what the songs say, or what the romance novels tell you, or advertisers try to sell.

No one is going to bring you happiness on a plate.

However, you…

Today is a camping day, for it is a day of exploration.

What are you exploring?

Your trail that lies ahead.

However, there are two trails ahead: one is a trail the world is telling you to follow, where you have been labeled so and so who does such and…