Pages stacked on top of newspaper-thin pages of love's story The stack, a phonebook impossible to tear each layer of truth, each highlighted moment thin and breezy Slim and easy Strong Sideways they're baleen plates snagging bits of barnacled goodness The day's school of life… fish? The tidbits of krill and shrimp Alight on my tongue feed a soul as large as the ocean itself with confectioner's delights loving soundbites grainy sweet words whispered, wrapped in pink paper vibrate the waters of my inner ear Inseparablefromthe drops oftheocean
I ski, teach, parent, write, read, swim, adventure. I get lost in my own mind, chewing on words and images. Sometimes something good comes out.