sun-grabbing shoots

peer above terrarium rim

scissor-snip magic

slothful mornings

soaring heat indices

blanketing humidity

last October’s locust leaves

shallow hollow collective

tightly woven broken twigs

~ for Shelly & Diane

three friends

chips, dip, a cinnamon whisky

poetry communion

the muggy sticks to me

like a hangry horsefly

damn these five extra pounds!