I was hoping for the Ace. Hold on for the hold out. It be-es that way sometimes.

Off duty (Ring) (Buoy)

Small craft wind advisory. Lake becomes ocean. Still becomes undone. Distraction. Etch-a-sketch. Dissolve into cement. Careful not to disturb bird…

I stare wall-eyed. A man stoops on the sidewalk outside our corner liquor store. Spare change? "Sorry." (my standard answer)…

Marie Laveau I am neither creole nor a juju practitioner. But I keep a laminated prayer binder-clipped to my notes.…

Soap. Nothing to lose. Maybe there's a poem in hear.