Family and Friends

Last night my best friend visited from the East Coast. We ate pizza and pie, and played many, many rounds of Apples to Apples. It was so good to see her. Craig was home, and her husband was traveling with her, so we got to have a good time as couples too.

She brought lovely gifts for Angelica, including her very first cross necklace.

It is always good to see your best friend.

This coming weekend we have more visitors. Angelica’s grandparents are coming to visit for the weekend to celebrate Angelica’s 6th birthday. We are looking forward to it.

We just visited my Uncle Jerry recently, so this Fall has been a wonderful season of family and friends. Despite the difficulties I have had for the past few months, I feel blessed.

They Lie

the thing with Mondays
is –
they lie

that eternal weekend
lives in its shell
at a deeper level of
sea than you’ll ever go-

tethered to the busting
waves by an insipid Monday

There is no compassion
in industry.

you will always be desperate
in the tidal pools,
the diving suit you live in
desperate for elsewhere

Friday,
In his flippers and goggles
Does not exist.

The Emperor

The gold thread holding
 Leadership’s hammock
 Is fraying like my personality.
 I put my star-spangled mouth
 On my husband’s face 
 with no aim.
 His breath cascades over my 
 Neck.
 Everyone on our street 
 has a laundry room but me
 Our little girl wears old
 Onesies and roller skates 
 in the shower.
 The emperor has clothes.
 He just doesn’t want us
 to see them.
 like a mathematician
 he subtracts us one by one
 where I go, my husband goes
 his breath locked onto
 my hips.