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Broken Bread

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

I can’t see the path.
My sight is twisted.

I scrabble with bare hands,

Early Morning in Northern Minnesota

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

The wonky old aluminum window, austere and squealing for mercy, would only rise a few inches. But it was enough. Cheek to sill, nose to screen, breathing; a whole body experience. Morning wrestles night in quiet combat. Damp earth, cool comfort from day’s heat....

If Jesus Came to Dance

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

If Jesus came to dance, what would the Buddha say? Could we be saved by the sound of shuffling feet? Krishna says, “Break a leg, amigo.” And Jesus snaps a pirouette. If hands that sew are holier than lips that pray, how sacred are feet that...

Just

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

My fountain burbles, and Klemmer’s sweet sax sings me to sleep. Behind my door, the city growls, and scratches to get in.

Layoffs

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

Ah, morning at the office. Nothing like the fresh aroma of burnt coffee. The chattering of sports scores: who’s sick who’s late who’s brownosing The empty seats bark.

Nancy

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

We were lovers long ago, I remember her face in the morning. A jigsaw of fine lines, her dayface dissolved in the pillowcase. When she left, her voice, stained and withered.

I Feel Like

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

I feel like… I never should have made Left Turns. A quantum particle at the gates of Hell. Quinine. I feel like… A Bentley Continental GT steaming down Hennepin Avenue catching every light. A piece of chocolate cake staring down the tines of a quivering fork....

New Day

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

Something inside my skin moves and I watch it scurry about. She doesn’t see it as she looks through me to find the margarine.

Shadow

May 19, 2023 | Poetry

Does my shadow feel? I see his foot tapping to the music. But is it in his soul? Is he the rhythm section to my big band? You only get that kind of love in a spotlight. When my shadow melts into hers, I feel his pain, and run...