Emotional défilé is over
May 1st, as always
Barely made the cutoff



A new toy
bigger taste
more butterflies in my
belly



I have 81 roles to play
as a woman
No time for work
is there



My fridge...
it fits a 10"x5 tall cake
perfectly
Coincidence? Think not



She asked how to spell a word. I realized that whatever my answer might be, she'll spell it that way for months, maybe lifetimes. I suddenly felt myself wearing a huge winter coat of responsibility made of extinct soft morals. And I paused, as we hung in a nano-moment made of the universe. Finally I heard myself say: "M-E-A-O-W".