Slowly blown away

Sternum in dark clouds
ribcage in light ones
fast diffusing into
a powder

Lithops

Welcome to
Cyclops fake treasure

Agave Potatorum

ripples like water
and then parts
to quake like fire

State bird

Cactus Wren
on Boojum tree
like a
Rooster
on a Windvane

Little less spitting mirror image

Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior AZ

Colour in Moisture

The drizzle from
rain and sprinklers
didnt all reach the
ground.

Recession: Eye opener

Of all the birds
the saddest to be
a statue
would be
a roadrunner

The day my friend
told me of it
I saw one running
in the parking lot
and knew it was
a roadrunner

This statue
was a heap
of faded copper
until the birdwatcher's
eyes opened
and the border stores
next to it closed.

Obituary of a fly

It puzzled sheriff fly
that the house fly
who could

buzz within earshot
escape human clap trap
create more ruckus than a rattling AC

was last found
pressed under an
asleep human

He thought
This can happen only once
and sent out an advisory
to all the flies
" Dont underestimate
stationary objects,
you never know
when they roll"

Mill Mill

Saw mill
Wind mill
flour mill

KinderCare

A mom
at a wooden gate
with a child by
her waist
and another
looking back
unwilling to enter

I wondered
why it seemed
like he wasnt
being attended to

A pop
bringing his
daughter out
of her seat

I should have known
they dont stay there
they go for care

A Magician's trick

Pulling the
purple back comforter
with a white front
out of the laundry
I was the magician
pulling a rabbit
out of the hat
only not effortlesly
and to a solo
audience reminding
him of all the
'tons of laundry'
that he had to
play the trick on.