gremlin fodder

It feels like fainting The fuzzy black spots appear My heart hammers in my ears I was nervous at the stoplight A professional in the making I tried to tell myself I was alright I even saw a therapist I realized everyone before me and around me was a little off Divorced, overweight, on anxiety

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I like to watch the local weather report It’s colorful, entertaining, and short I quite admire the meteorologist He’s so excited I’m not a psychologist My intellect is delighted when the report begins I see my city on the map It juts out into the bay and is flanked by the ocean An array of

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Don’t envy the wicked That’s what the proverb advised I wondered why someone would They’re up to no good They think bad things and speak bad things Perhaps up till the day they die Also don’t be perturbed by them For before you know it they’ll be withering I know you saw them come and

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I’m on the fence It’s prickly, it’s worn There’s some moss up here A few birds too but it’s otherwise forlorn There’s no place to rest Though up high I can’t see too clear In my defense, I’ve been plowing for 15 years Lady Wisdom is at the intersection Where the fence meets the sidewalk

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I’m not sure why Mr. Carroll can’t breathe Or why Ms. Green won’t eat Maybe he has an infection and she has no teeth There’s a knot in my left shoulder blade A gremlin on each shoulder spewing all the reasons I should be afraid A patient says hi to me in the grocery store

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I don’t know what day it is The sixteenth or seventeenth Is it Juneteenth Or Father’s Day I can’t really tell by the front door’s wreathe I did see my dad today And this morning I looked at the blocks on the wall Small white squares lined in black They can’t go back, only forward

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I had my new lavender tank top on No earbuds, no music, just the warm sunrise and birds I jogged along to their songs I heard The print on my shirt matched my black shorts “Love and Sports” I bared my shoulders for the first time this summer Sweaty I looked much tougher and fitter

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I saw jellyfish this morning as I ran over the bridge I happened to look down and there they were Round white blobs with their long trailing tentacles Two miles later they were in Colonial Place, identical Floating effortlessly, just blurs And then I heard a song that talked about jellyfish It made me think

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“I’ll be alright without a lollypop,” the kid told the woman It was what his mom always told him His dad too But deep inside he knew the truth He wanted a lollypop All his friends had them – after the doctor’s office or a haircut or at the candy shop Even at Christmas It

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So many of my classmates were born in June Liz, Eli, Daniel Michael, Christine, Immanuel I wonder now what are they doin We sat next to each other for 12 years Colored in those Christmas bells with our crayons Hung from the monkey bars We all learned of life together Learned to drive with our

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