tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13505360655110417022024-03-04T20:00:45.217-08:00Writing While Under the Influence of Life Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-41704970360969316162016-01-02T06:53:00.002-08:002016-01-02T06:53:38.499-08:00Not very<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Not very active on this blog recently. Please visit my other blog, <a href="http://southenglishtown.blogspot.com/">South Englishtown Gazette</a>, where I post more frequently. </div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-56539736048387101242013-09-09T13:03:00.000-07:002013-09-09T13:03:00.239-07:00Max Tries to Make a Friend<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<br />Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-6251005780947519192013-09-08T16:34:00.000-07:002013-09-08T16:34:27.634-07:00Half a Year<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">harder
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">creating
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">shaping
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Notes – I wrote this after spending 6 months
in Rochester away from Dennis and Max in Belize while tying up my career at
Mayo.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was much more stressful than I
had anticipated it would be, even though I visited Belize twice during that
time.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-1165110754619642732013-02-10T18:25:00.000-08:002013-02-10T18:25:04.101-08:00Tropical Fruit<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">when the agouti
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">when a jays jabs it
with its beak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">when the parrot has
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">We have yet to see <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">if it will be we <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">who are the pigs <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">that get the figs.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-58519992317730211062013-02-09T15:09:00.000-08:002013-02-09T15:09:49.282-08:00Too Much<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Too much to see, to
feel,</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">to hear, to smell,
to taste.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Overwhelmed, I close
my eyes;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">senses meld into
new configurations.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Music joins the
wind’s caress and the scent of the jungle night. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Sounds from the sea
dissolve into the taste of wine on my tongue,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">and my skin
remembers the heat from the noonday sun.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">In and out, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">my
breaths turn my self in side out, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">raw and exposed to
the world. </span></div>
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-32652519050963040962013-02-08T18:06:00.000-08:002013-02-08T18:28:29.350-08:00The Belt in the Back of the Wardrobe<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The belt in the
back of the wardrobe <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">is blooming with
galaxies and nebulae of green.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">New worlds
unsuspected, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">still unseen by the
Hubble telescope,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">expand
independently of intelligent life on earth. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Creamy whiteness
hidden inside magenta skin, the volunteer sweet potato<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">joins purple, white,
green, and orange, destined for roasting. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Tracks in the Sand<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Who made these
small tracks with toes of three?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Not a bird, not a
lizard, not a crab.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Not a cat, not a
dog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Not a rat, not a
possum, not a person.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A shy agouti, the
local “rabbit”,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">comes out at dawn
and comes out at dusk,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">leaving only its
tracks out at midday.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Orange-colored,
seed-filled juice lurks inside the maroon-hued passion fruit. Flamboyant color is matched by intense taste
and tartness; a treat to the tongue and to the eye.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-42586489951108743762013-02-04T20:27:00.002-08:002013-02-04T20:27:56.298-08:00Friends<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS';">Dear friends, old
friends.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">We talk of days
bygone, days more recent, days to come. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Days we will
remember; days that define our lives, define ourselves.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">To be a friend is
to be </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-7938240097945035752013-02-03T16:32:00.001-08:002013-02-03T16:32:42.434-08:00Hammock Time<div style="margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">The siren hammock
calls to me, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">with claims of rejuvenating
afternoon rest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Shell ginger
blossoms fall heavily from their protective sepals,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">collecting
raindrops as they dangle toward the ground below. </span></div>
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-65313713158508150892013-02-01T18:26:00.002-08:002013-02-02T09:09:20.256-08:00Small Whelk<div style="text-align: center;">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Spiral gyres of decreasing size </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">reduced to a skeleton by water and sand</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">tell of years gone past</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">in life and death of the small whelk.</span></div>
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<br />Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-82555106871206215822013-01-31T14:45:00.000-08:002013-01-31T14:45:32.178-08:00Jan 31, 2013<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Bumping along <st1:street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Monkey River Road</st1:address></st1:street>,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">warm breeze on hot
skin.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Happiness flies
into the car on <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">the sweet scent of
orange blossoms.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-47528668396969918962013-01-30T19:35:00.000-08:002013-01-30T19:35:32.640-08:00Jan 30, 2013<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">A week or so ago, I captured some caterpillars on one of our mango trees. I am having a go at rearing them to see what they turn into ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Wee hairy beasties
in yellow, orange, and black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">move with
imperceptible slowness across the mango leaves, <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">vacuuming off the
surface layer of cells and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">leaving brown in
their wake. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">Small agents of
destruction, growing larger every day.</span></div>
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Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-53594724315741991462013-01-29T14:37:00.002-08:002013-01-29T14:37:12.642-08:00Jan 29, 2013<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">This small stone
came to me today as I was painting the window frames in our cabana and thinking
about all the other small stones I have read recently. ;-)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS";">White paint, like
snow, covers a lot of ugly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-46476587260472476842013-01-28T10:20:00.000-08:002013-01-28T10:20:26.680-08:00<br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Would we sing the joy of a summer day</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">without the gloom of winter by which to know it?</span></div>
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-15472741038291466112013-01-27T17:40:00.001-08:002013-01-27T17:40:24.675-08:00<br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rich burnt orange rim in soft focus,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the moon peeks over the dark grey ocean.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">With every moment, it grows larger, brighter</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">until at last it slips free of the dark water.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Gold slowly yields to silver and grey to black.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The moon remains oblivious to its transformation.</span><br />
Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-22082791149788558212013-01-26T17:00:00.000-08:002013-01-26T17:04:13.090-08:00Jan 26, 2013<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Stevie Ray plays in the background,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the moon dances in the fore.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I'm stuck in the middle - there is no better place.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-32677891884977668142013-01-25T17:33:00.000-08:002013-01-26T16:53:07.345-08:00Jan 25, 2013<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">bad writing mojo yesterday. this one is revised.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">seried mountain ridges,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">painted flat; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">each a paler shade of grey</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">against a sky of faintest rose.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-13429421610530899352013-01-24T18:43:00.000-08:002013-01-24T18:43:21.118-08:00Jan 24, 2013<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">sskrtchh, sskrtchh</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The sound is coming from the bathroom wall.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I have visions of a possum insinuating itself between the wooden studs,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">crawling through gaps in our rustic cabana,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">to ransack our kitchen after lights out.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">ssskrtchhhhh</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Or a bat invading from above,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">now trapped and confused.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">crrrrkkkk</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The closet door edges open;</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I hold my breath, unable to move.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">mrwow</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Max, trapped by her fascination with the closet,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">emerges, relieved to have forced her way out,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">asking for chin rubs and kitty treats for comfort after her harrowing experience.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-11763528712602419102013-01-23T18:03:00.001-08:002013-01-23T18:03:53.287-08:00Jan 23, 2013<span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Wrapped in a snuggly blanket, reading an ebook, makes it almost feel good to feel sick.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-6994196720440813312013-01-22T17:25:00.000-08:002013-01-22T17:25:40.037-08:00Jan 22, 2013<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you listen carefully on a still night,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">you can hear the tinkling sound of</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the coralline sand settling back down from </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">the uplift of a wavelet.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It is the subtle sound </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of bubbles bursting from joy,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of tinsel falling from the Christmas tree,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">of stars coming into being,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and of potential futures narrowed </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">to the reality of now.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">If you listen carefully on a still night,</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">you can hear the universe.</span><br />
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<br />Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-6812945365074417722013-01-21T18:51:00.003-08:002013-01-21T18:51:46.873-08:00Jan 21, 2013<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Pizza dough is soft and stretchy in my hands.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Later, it will be crunchy between my teeth </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">and salty on my tongue.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Change is good.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1350536065511041702.post-88588690469816287392013-01-20T17:51:00.000-08:002013-01-20T17:56:56.161-08:00Jan 20, 2013<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The yellow-veined palm frond bends over backward; </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">all the better to play air guitar.</span>Wilmahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14717012784233946753noreply@blogger.com1