Author Archives: wordcandy

The U stands at my side, Wilson Library testifies; I’ve the Ninties all as memories, flashbacks tasted I’ve put inside my pocket, left as empty as I know my pride. Go do what you like, I’m here in my own … Continue reading →

Eating pretzels on the lawn staring at Lake Wobegone; when the Mississippi takes me to where I never want to be, I’ll let your dark hair drape me as a shirt I’ll never need. I know its all belied, or else an aver … Continue reading →

Felt I had to add something here. Did. Am. Posted stuff not revised as yet, just first drafts. Will need some work.   Did go through all the stuff collected in the old house over 8 or so years and … Continue reading →

I’m putting locks on the old place hoping that I never have to face the pain I feel from leaving behind it to the ants and water bubble pools. Elm tree out front, be the guard for me; make sure … Continue reading →

Trees they stand up like the water falls down shading the flowers on this hallowed ground. The gravestones deepen  in the other way just the same as did, just the same as then. Boy you must miss her like we … Continue reading →

She’s there in Black and White a dress I knew before the firing of the white light; hair done like an ancient,  well shifted memory and smile I knew too well. It’s all too much, a dream brought on by adverse  … Continue reading →

While I re-write, this will have to do: Transference The fade is a water-tight mask; the little shadow colors, the meat; the emotions, the taste of wilting, sun bleached, well-gnawed wicker bones. I forget your name sometimes – I forget everyone’s name … Continue reading →

In a room next to a room with a man eating alone was a AutosapienTM, the greatest of all Japanese automatons, built for human interaction, higher thinking, and cleaning toilets. Some people might suggest it should be called a robot … Continue reading →