lunch on tuesday

So,
be forewarned,
how are your
tomorrows spilling out
of your
todays?

When did shorter short stories
become known as flash
fiction? How are
entire genres
born?

applesauce
more abstracts
French apple cake
pizza made from scratch
apple jelly that actually sets
natural philosophy, science and the scientist
bowlfuls of apples waiting to be transformed…
…and what’s the other tree think it’s producing?

What’s
the price
of a stamp
these days?
And
how much
do candy bars
cost in
the
land where
such things exist?

Walk,
then run;
leap, then
fly.

Soaring
toward unknown
possibility, now knowing
exactly where I’m headed
or who is
coming with
me….

How blue the sky looks
when all is said
and done. So,
what’s next,
world?

Even
the most
set of habits
fall by the wayside
in the face
of looming
deadlines!

(4 September 2009)

Is it the doctor
or the walk
to the
clinic
that ultimately
keeps one well?

Does the old, gnarled tree
look over the sprigs
of wayward grass
with unspoken
understanding?

When he was a sapling,
did his flamboyant foliage
encourage him to
stand straighter
too?