#FFF 82 Lake Bluff Farms visit 102226

It was time for another visit north, to Manistee, MI, to Lake Bluff Farms, to see the Giant Sequoia, the largest sequoia in the world outside of CA. My friend had never been there before and I wanted her to see what the big deal was about it. The first/last time I’d visited was in…

POPO 2026 Day 30

The older I get, the more I realizethat the human form wasn’t meantto last forever. It continues longerthan many other species; yet withthe gift comes responsibilities. E.G. trees exchange badair for good. And boulders areour memory keepers. I must ask what good use do we set ourselves to beyond worm food after we pass?

POPO 2026 Day 29

Reticent clouds teasehostage-holding us under treesskinny tomatoes, wrinkled carrots,thirsty toads, drooping ferns,browning grass, restless dust,flower heads seeding early. Though portended by machinesand itchy, hopeful eyes,it is the cloudswho will decidewhen and if to giftus their release.

#FF — Why?

Why? Starlight makes it possible. I wouldn’t be here, bleeding on the beach otherwise. Falling on one’s sword isn’t as easy as it looks. It goes through my side and misses everything but too many desserts. Starlight’s mercy gives me signal way out here. Grants me “911” before I pass out to the tangy smell…

POPO 2026 Day 28

Primary election day, where hope stirs,a giant wakes, with desireto scramble up from wallow of stressto cast veils of lies aside fromprofessional politicians beholdento their overlord paymasters. Primary election day, where we holdour breaths, trusting our state kinto understand what’s at stake,to get to the polls, to cast their votes.Hand to hand, heart to heart,to…

The Lost Ringmaster

The Lost Ringmaster Shirtless, riding across a golf courseon a red elephant, crowds turn to stareat the man with a chest that has no hair. He’s gone missing from the circus as hismount’s tetched with mad louse disease;still looking punched and fit, i.e. pleased. Within or without the ring, his fixed smirkrepresents the mien of…