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Archive for June, 2008

I’m at a stoplight, just seconds from my work.
Traffic whizzes around me, steel sardine cans with desperate, recession-tinged fish at the helms. In the distance, an ambulance siren wails. My heart races, wondering from which direction it hails.
I don’t need this much commotion at 8:30 in the morning.
My windows are open, both driver and passenger [...]

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Melt.

Hot like soup
of fire and coal bits
burning embers
I’ll ask for seconds
Head into hell
unwashed, unfazed
Freon gone
overcome
Loosen the grip
hands-free
valley sun
burning me
clocking out

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So, I’ve been steadily losing weight and body fat since May 27, largely due to a drastic U-turn in my lifestyle—minimal carb intake (next to none) and a regular exercise schedule. Ok, so I kinda cheat on the weekends (Father’s Day was especially decadent on the taste buds), but during the week I’m definitely full [...]

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Buzz.

I’ve noticed an unusual amount of dead honeybees lately. This is both at my home (in my driveway, especially) and at my work (I just found 7 of them this morning, all within a 10 ft. radius). At home, too, I’ve seen many bees on the ground, weak and dying, as if they’d been poisoned.
I [...]

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6 of 99.

Drawn out of inspiration by the documentary The Phoenix Lights, I present to you 6 of 99.
I’ve always been fascinated by UFOs and extra-terrestrial life in general. In my lifetime I hope to meet someone, or something, from another planet. Who knows. Maybe I already have, and just don’t know it. Or maybe I’m from [...]

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