Just Around the Corner from the Light of Day

Oh data
My data

Stuck in
Freeze frame
Each time
The same

An edit
Or two
Another
Might do

But not
Soon enough
I shall publish
This stuff

My findings
Exposed
Another chapter
Be closed

And I can
Finally
Get on
With my
Life

My First [Car] Love

I met her on a Tuesday
After work

She was confident
No hiding grays
No pretend spryness
No imperfection could make her blush

Yes, she will teach me a thing or two

Her current love was there
Looking longingly at his first
Knowing it was time to let go
He reluctantly handed her over
To me

I was not her first
I sensed
I would be
Her last

We drove away
And got right to
That awkward getting to know each other phase

Touching
Smelling
Listening
Neither holding back

I knew instantly
This little shit box--
As she came to be known--
Would take me
For one helluva ride.

What is this Faddery?

What is this faddery
That makes me sick
Are the fad food fadders
Pulling a Trick

It's name is quinoa
Or so it's spelled
I've tried to pronounce it
And over-dwelled

Kinoha, Quinnoa
Both very wrong
I doubt I'll be writing
The quinoa song

I cannot pronounce
And therefore will not eat
You stick with your grains
I'll relish my meat

Bye-bye quinoa
Bye-bye for now
If you're that good Keen-wah
Why are you not Keen-wow

For the Love of Cheese and Puppies

I sit in the same spot every weekend morning
Second bench from the corner
Under a shade tree inhabited by birds
With extraordinarily poor metabolic timing

The neighbors think I'm crazy
That weird lady who sits in waiting
The dog lover
She has puppy envy of the worst kind

I look down into my book
Pretending I don't care
Crazy's not the worst thing to be
Imagine if I were a cat person

Good Lord

A new little guy joins the flock
Jumping, nipping, pouncing
The other dogs welcome him with reservation
He must earn his place

Whimper, whimper, ruff
Little guy acts so tough
While the others ignore
The pup implores

How about a little cheese
With my whine?