in the center
she walks the edges
shooing a bat out the window
with a broom
firefly caught
in a snort of laughter
with her six o'clock news
a cigar and Wild Turkey
whispering furiously
to her shopping cart
and her laugh-lines
their bulldog grins too
throwing plastic
into the fireplace
in a plastic bag . . . fish
for the aquarium
apologizing for the delay
~ at last our escargot
blue and black fibers
caught on a ragged toe-nail
the sound of surf
urgent on my bladder
the snuggled cat
has one less flea
a stolen calf heart
inside the snowman
leaping over the mountain
cumulus toad
i am ocean debris tumbling
tumbling the waves
in my ear
sunflower nodding
from my breath
fangs of mist
again and again
the full moon escaping