Only
She said she loved them. She only *said* she loved them. She said only *she* loved them. She said she only loved *them*. She said she loved *only* them. She…
Words.
They say actions speak louder than words. But what do they speak for? Do they speak for the person the perpetrator actor the executioner? Or do they speak for…
The Listener
One person says that another is driving them nuts. The first person claims that the second is incompetent, sleeping on the job. A wedge is driven between them…
Words
Powerful instruments Instruments of Grace Kind and encouraging Forgiving and accepting Instruments of Pain Cruel and demeaning Unrelenting and mean Evil lashes…
Not Getting Off on the Right Foot
I rubbed my head, partly to show my displeasure and partly to check for a goose egg. It was there, but I’d had worse. Ducking with me behind the cafe’s counter…
Memory, Memory, Who has the . . .
Memory. It is entirely possible, yea plausible and probable, that I have Menopause Brain. Lately, in front of my friends, fellow faculty members, and family it…
The Best Part About Words
The best part about words is that they allow people to be as vague or as clear as they choose to be. A “dog” could range from a Chihuahua that fits in Paris…
Interregnum
I became a king when I was twenty-seven. I’d just acquired a castle (admittedly the bankers actually owned it; the treasury was to pay a monthly tribute for…
Sheath.
I loathe being around you I dare not look in your eyes The words I speak are daggers They cut through all your lies. Your words are sheathed in kindness But…
Legacy
There were a thousand words and they added up to nothing. They sat like the sermon in Eleanor Rigby, waiting for another living soul to care. “This is the…
Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch
“First shalt thou take out the Holy Pin, then shalt thou count to three, no more, no less. Three shall be the number thou shalt count, and the number of the…
Words.
I need you weak. I need you vulnerable. If I could make you fall in love with only my words I’d write forever. Let each word drip from your lips. If my words…
--Ike Rain
Once upon a time, before microwaves, but after cars, there lived a boy. The boy loved nothing more than sitting on the fire escape to his New York apartment…
Voice
“He’s lying...” said a wispy voice between us. She just looked at me in shock, which quickly changed to disappointment. I couldn’t say anything, so I just…
Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
I walked out onto the stage with no introduction, dressed in jeans, a white tee-shirt and a light black sweater. I turned on the pre-set wireless microphone in…
Enormous Word List
Toothpaste, Twist,-- What a waste Of a word list Eldest, Mist,-- Tongue ties the best Speech contortionist But the greatest word list Will enforce a lisp If…
6 words, okay!
------------ We live... ------------ We love... ------------ We die... ------------
Existential
Within a world Lips curled Tight to the tongue Exhaling a lung Of swirled words-- They come unclung From this conscience I’m among.
The Price To Call
So, I raise everything you know. To call would take all of the names for snow, Every pronunciation of love linked with every lyrical vocal, Language and math…
Note To Self
Today-- Make sure You take your Stature in nature And set something Solid in said cement. Trace and imprint love And tell her it never went.