how does a rat smell
twitch of the nose
whiskers along the rafters
it knows you are there
as it hurries past
often on its guard
it is the cat
that smells
a rat
PAD prompt
Task
Nothing is sexier
than a man
who makes his own ketchup
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PAD prompt – a task
One Time
one time
I kissed my mother’s corpse
it was very cold
one time
swinging a golf club
I hit a girl on the head
one time
I got too close to an alligator
won’t do that again
one time
I found my father’s gun
but never touched it
one time
I took a boat to France
it went very fast
one time
I married a handsome man
he makes me laugh
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PAD prompt – something you have done one time
Q & A
What makes a family right?
Is it squeezed together so tight?
or left to ferment in a stew
til all the flavors bind bright?
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PAD prompt – write a family poem
Haiku of Forgiveness
Forgive me the time
I dug up asparagus
to plant fava beans
Forgive me the time
when I drank wine before noon
you thought I was drunk
Forgive me the time
I fell asleep at the wheel
your prayers woke me
PAD prompt – guilt poem
Road Trip #2
City of Rocks New Mexico
structures by nature
mighty stones too grand
for my camera lens
a must see memory
Campsites tucked among
these giants
formed of volcanic action
chiseled by wind and water
megaliths on the desert floor
We pitched our tent on rock
made 35 million years ago
a mere baby that awoke
in this galactic year
where now we sleep
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PAD prompt – travel poem
Road Trip #1
Forgotten Coast Highway
along the panhandle of Florida
don’t forget to walk the shores
beach after beach after beach
you need more than a day
This time we procrastinate
no need to hurry
almost blown away at St Joe
mark your entrance
so you can find your way back
St Andrew St George
Henderson Beach State Park
just to name a few
the road winds past
not forgotten
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PAD prompt – travel poem
Covering
so cold the tulips sag
grass disappears
garden of white washed trees
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