Category Archives: aging

old guy

shaggy eyebrows ballooning nose ruddy cheeks sagging eyes fingers too big for little things too vague for big things legs walking everywhere but straight ahead baggy fabric filled with random bones whatever used to live here moved out like everything … Continue reading

Posted in aging, illness, lotus eaters, Poetry, serial | Tagged | Leave a comment

does not compute

My wife had a pretty frustrating time today trying to use my computer to send an email. She is not used to my steam-driven machine, and dislikes having to keep the boiler fired and the mouse fed, as she hates … Continue reading

Posted in aging, lotus eaters, Poetry, serial, technology | Tagged , , | 2 Comments

philosophy of snow shovelling

In sunny surf he woke to hear the snow: the muffled strident rhythms of machines. He coughed; a spasm tore his chest; he sneezed; yet soon he’d trudge out shoveling in the cold. The trees were puffed in white, each … Continue reading

Posted in aging, Poetry, snow, Sonnets | Tagged , , , , | 2 Comments