Thursday, May 16, 2013

Odes

Every now and then I choose poetry over prose. Two odes:




The Shop-Vac

Motorized cylinder on wheels
hose and nozzle
extend like an elephant’s trunk
suck up remodeling debris


Like a tornado
safe inside a snow globe
it keeps me from drowning in dust

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Boulder Creek

This Santa Cruz Mountains town
attracts all kinds
including me once



Twenty-five years ago
I was planted in this place
watered in a Redwood rainforest
where I grew sturdy and eternal


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