Lightening Strikes Twice

Summer storms
and extramarital affairs.

All coming to light
at the country club
to a shocked audience
with mouths agape.

The Possibilities Of A Bathtub

As a child,
I imagined
epics playing out
on the sea
of soapy water
in my bathtub.

As a woman,
retreating to
my bubble bath
with wine and candles,
that still holds true.

I've always let
my imagination
out to play
in the ocean
of my home.

Slumber In The Golden Age Of Television

Strange lives and stories
play out in the bright holographic glow
of the TV set as we sleep.

Sound turned low, a humming.
Blankets tangled.
Steady breaths.

The TV ramblings invade our dreams.

Children Can Speak Such Chilling Words

The child spoke of red skies
and chasms opening in the ground worldwide.

He frightened me,
I'll admit it only to myself.

Film reels of the old Omen movie
began screening in my head.

A devil's prophecy?
A devil's son?

I am foolish, I know,
but prone to these bouts of paranoia.

Love, Music, and Death

I meet you
at the record player's needle.

Stacks of albums
lovingly organized.

You're gone
but our favorite songs
fill my home and my heart.

Seek Your Gold

Welcome to America,
land of promise,
of greed.

The people roam and settle,
hunting gold,
faces dirty,
hands desperate.

Seek your gold.
What shall it be?
What shall you yield?