POPO2024 Day 36

I learned yesterday thatmy 3 year-old granddaughtersoon may be going to all-daypre-school. This morning, after sleeping on it, I woke up crying.A voice – god’s or my own –said all of us belongto the world.

POPO2024 Day 35

I welcomed a guest in this morning. Cool air.In the night, it stormed.How do I know besides? Digital time’s wrong,meaning power flashed off-on,and it’s drenched outside.Soporific storm-blessed, I got 12 horizontal hours;that and a wrong time thatwasn’t telling me, “you’ve had enough.”

dVerse — MTB — Message in a Bottle

Message in a BottleBottleVessel fused with bloody veilsFilled with vipers briefed to strikeOuroboros of travailVessel fused with bloody veilsMoney sucking vacuum trailsLining pockets left and rightVessel fused with bloody veilsFilled with vipers briefed to strikeFigurePolitician, special kindNoble braggart in cesspoolLook inside, no soul you’ll findPolitician, special kindBottle wobbles in the windDirty dealings in back roomsPolitician,…

POPO2024 Day 34

Mean Men Never WillMean men never will,but singing women recalllanguid lathersand lazy drunk sun.No bitter shadows hearpurple ache whispers,chanting their want,of juicing pink breastsdeliriously fluffywith mad hot lust.[magnet poem]

POPO2024 Group 1 photo and Cento

Cento POPO2024 Group 1Autumn slips in with cold nights;here we breathe the thin crisp air.Plumeria smell wafting in desert air,catapulted into different orbits.Small pieces sold, one by one;how many more autumns?Whomever seeks relief from the rigidity of polestime to save our freedom!Loons rise up, asserting their rights to the sky,a shiny new mailbox sending, receiving.Honor…

POPO2024 Day 33

I watch Mlady clean herself;she sets a wise example.Her, with tiny, raspy tongue,does not take on eartips to tailall at once. Instead, she doesbut tiny bits at a time.Her gleaming fur is evidencethat her method works.