May 21

JO JO IS NO LONGER USING A PACIFIER

She is out of sorts.
But then again, she still sleeps.
Em is another story.





EMERSON WENT TO SEE ELMO AT THE DENVER COLISEUM

Came back with Elmo
balloon. Big, red, floating face,
He watches us all.



EMERSON DOESN'T LIKE TO GET HER HAIR COMBED

You should better stop,
right now! she shouts. Her red hair,
pure wild, like her.

May 19

I MISS TELETUBBIES

These days, it's Arthur.
I miss the slow boats, I miss
love each other very much.


JO JO HAS AN EAR INFECTION

At the doc's office:
Aquarium. Blue fish, crawl crab.
At home: shots of pink medicine.

May 11

UPON READING ALL OF CHRIS OFFUTT'S BOOKS

I get it real bad.
Thirst for whiskey, stranger's blood.
I want to carry a gun
tucked into my belt.
But I'm just a wannabe.



Sensate life in green;
skin and breath, warmth and coolness.
Sore hands, tired eyes.



Home never lasts there,
but here it lingers, vivid
and bright, yet still gone.

May 2

DEBT HAIKU

Our bills sprout zeros
behind 3s and 4s. My mouth
grows dry. I sweat through the nights.



REFLEXOLOGY IS WHY I'M NOT WRITING EVERY DAY

Toys dot the whole floor.
I step on them, bruise my heels.
Foot pain = writer's block.



CABIN FEVER

Em watched The Hobbit
twice today. It's the bad one,
the cartoon version,
with Orson Bean's voice
as Bilbo Baggins.



I AM LOST WITHOUT MY FRANKLIN-COVEY DAY PLANNER

If I don't use it:
The day--a slow glide on grease.
Night--no thought, TV.



JO JO LEARNS THE WORD NO

New punctuation,
her favorite denouement.
She vents, then shouts: Noooooooo.