Category Archives: Creative writing

Musing

Sitting on the crapper, Rodinesque, listening to the water dripping into the bathtub — drips akin to a kid learning his second note on the bongos — and the drip moderator, which sends potassium chloride solution through the tube (which … Continue reading

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Si difficile

Just in passing: The nurse who has turned off The air conditioner (cold conditioner, my grandson calls it) So she can hear my pulse While she takes my blood pressure (101/68) Just in passing she says “Mumble difficile” “Pardon?” I … Continue reading

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Sirens across the water

They call across the water Disturbing consistent alarming One after the other. For two long hours. Fire trucks. Practising. My island holds a course upstream Deaf to the sirens luring call across the water. From my secure perch, I extend … Continue reading

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