365/365 - Enjoy

 

And so

that's the way it ends

The hollow clink

The empty bowl

Gone

Done 

Fin

But it was good

while it lasted

A moment shared

Time well spent

364/365 - Positive

 

Okay

January

Don't you think

it's quite enough

already?

You keep trying

but you can't beat me

Because I'll go outside

and I'll dance in the rain

You can thunder

you can lightening

you can do anything

but I'll just

shout into the wind

I'm not afraid

I don't care if I get wet

I'll jump in the puddles

anyway

and when I get home

I'll dry my shoes

on the heater

so tomorrow

I can be ready

to go back out

and play

360/365 - Haughty

 

Why does BART

tiptoe through Berkeley

while in Oakland

it screams?

Those who have

more than enough

will just keep taking

'till they have everything

A million little injustices done

a million inches

in the great divide

until they need 

a freeway to cross it

right through your backyard

ten lanes wide

359/365 - Deter

 

Oh

so you want to maul

the chair

take your sharp

little claws

and stick them everywhere

dig them deep

into the fabric

and rip

and shred

and tear

And while you create

your masterpiece

your fuzzy buddy

will curl up and sleep

and shed all of 

his hair

which is why

every comfy seat

wears throw blanket

protective gear

337/365 - Germinate

 

How do you think

it feels

to be the plant in my

new neighbor's house

The one sitting

in the window

behind the boxes

she's forgotten about

While outside

the winter rains

fall

making all

the green things grow greener

and tall

But inside

the plant wastes away

it's leaves brown

wither

and fall

336/365 - Island

 

My warm bubble

I don't want to leave

snuggly cocoon

a glowing orange island of light

floating

in the long black night

321/365 - Cloud 9

 

The day drags on

drags down

drags

When

all I want

is to fly high

Soar above the ground

above the trees

higher and higher

a weightless being

moisture evaporating

into the cool blue sky

winter chill desert air

where all at once

I can be everywhere

looking down

on people like me

trapped in their

corporeal bodies

in big buildings

under florescent lights

while I frolic on

the prevailing breeze

295/365 - Opponent

 

The dark

and the light

meet to fight

only twice a day

the polychromatic delight

from their silent fight

creates a beautiful display

293/365 - Phat

 

It's life they say

the beat of the blood

flowing through my veins

echoes in my ears

humming its refrain

and the most incredible thing

out there right now

dots on the map

pinpricks of light

all different

all the same

are documenting their life

their love

their joys

their pain

for me to discover

and listen to

again and again

292/365 - Tributary (version two)

 

I return to the earth

the fruits of my summertime garden

as thanks for the bounty

and with hope

for another

plentiful season

to come in the months

so far on the horizon

when the soil thaws

and the sun lingers

in the days that will lengthen

just on the other side

of this long

dark

season

290/365 - Favoritism

 

It's not that I 

play favorites per se

it's more like who

is pissing me off less today

Oh you climbed

to the dop shelf and

knocked a bowl down?

At least it didn't break

Oh you peed in the house

while we were out?

At least the wood floor

wasn't stained

But in the end

you're adorable and fuzzy

and I love you both

just the same

289/365 - Sea

 

I chased my dreams

to the edge

where the water

meets the land

And I stood there

helplessly

sinking slowly

in the sand

As I watched them

drop in the sea

with the 

setting sun

I ignored the sign

warning me

and dove in to chase

every one

282/365 - Forfeit

So to those who say

ice cream is for summer

and fall is for

pumpkin spice lattes

I tip  my waffle cone

to you

and say

I can have my sweater weather

and eat my pumpkin ice cream too

 

281/365 - Slothful

 

I knew this time would come

a decision to be made

should I case the sun

as it crawls

across the floor

or should I stay here

forever more

in the cold

of the gloaming

Oh to nap

without the roaming

of the sunbeams

across the room

leaving me

in the cold and gloom

280/365 - (Hippo) Campus

 

Blah blah blah

something about memories

being grains of sand

in a jar

but that's what I am today

not sand

but blah

I think its the fall

the days are getting shorter

the sun is going away

I should be starting over

a new school year!

NO!
those years

were so long ago

those days

now gone away

which brings me around

again

because it is

all memories

in the end

279/365 - Navel (Gazing)

 

You were standing there

contemplating the cottage cheese

when your cart

ran away

I think the floor

of this grocery store

is sloped

I don't know

You were standing there

pondering your pedicure

when your cart

took a little vacay

I watched it roll

past the dairy

then turn and flee

down isle three

You were standing there

scrolling on your cell

when your cart

went on holiday

You didn't see

but it was quite funny

to watch your cart

depart

And when you finally 

turned around

and your cart

was nowhere to be found

Well 

I couldn't contain

my laughing

but I could see

you'd probably think

it was me

which is why I left

as hastily

as your cart

which was probably

half way to isle four

in this shitty

Lucky's store

262/365 - Copy

 

Control Cee

Control Vee

Field of palm trees

rustling in the breeze

lulls me to sleep

at a quarter to three

in the endless summer

sunny day

in a field of grass

where I lay

260/365 - Quiet Quitting

 

I've been invited

to a meeting again

One that I don't

actually

have to be in

So here I am

scrolling on my phone

Wait

Did someone say my name?

Shit!

I forgot to turn off

my microphone

and that TikTok video

was really loud

Oh well

At least I'm not alone

I see at least three other people

not looking at their screen

So why again

are we all meeting?

259/365 - Exciting

 

The noise

is what gives him away

A-ruff and A-roo

and grunts and growls too

Quietly though

he's trying to be sneaky

The dogs in the bedroom

and he's getting freaky

with the clean sheets

I left on the bed

They're irresistible

to stinky pup Fred 

257/365 - Hybrid Workweek

 

Work from home!

It's great they say

less time to toil

more time to play

But they failed to mention

it's not all fun

because now I've got

two jobs

instead of one

These spreadsheets

might be due at three

but my messy house

is side-eyeing me

Because once this Zoom

call is finished

I've got to tackle

that pile of dishes

And I think I just heard

the dryer buzzer ring

nope, that was outlook

I've got another meeting