.
an evening
moonlit
a breeze
a scent
a silhouette
a smile
a hug
a kiss

love and lust
under the stars
I'm so glad
...she came

.
hoowy! hoowy!

flumigate the flipwick
artipose the plainten
re-atame the hoosand

she's home too early
and surly maddened

transnewy into Engish
you know she tempis quick
infantispeak to my pet-a -boo
simpy make her sick

uh oh!
she's at the front door!

sit
be quiet

good boy!

.
a brouhaha's a'brewin'
may I intrude?
i've nothing to offer
'cept fuel to the feud
but, I enjoy a good fight
(maybe more than is cool)
even when all come out
looking like fools

you quest the deep
I explored seasons ago
we are now,
both,
...empty

adopting advise
everyone's "outside the box"
inside becomes out

what it's
is
what it's
not
what it's
not

belly pot
unkempt
crusty
crustier talk
cranky
cantankerous
curmudgeonly
but, not mean
he just doesn't do
that "jive act"
anymore
he wears the same face
his death mask will show

that,
despite all other misgivings,
is refreshing

gecko on the sill
I sing, he stops to listen
at times, joining in

lightning
I smoke and wait
boom!

comic book heros bore me
like there's not enough mystery,
unknowns and drama
in real life people!

I prefer the insightful
rather than x-ray vision
astronauts to the moon and back
not super-human flighters
hard working cops,
diligent, by the book,
other than revenge seeking
super claws, or breath, or speed,
or tentacles

real people doing, living
heroic lives by the millions
everywhere
written about in books,
on tv, in movies,
...in your own neighborhood