Third Shift

First shift
rolling over
Second shift
crawling
Third shift
walking

First shift
jeans and tee shirts
Second shift
skimpy tops and tight jeans
Third Shift
dresses and heels

First shift
roller skates
Second Shift
two wheeler
Third Shift
four on the floor

First shift
mothering
Second shift
working
Third shift
schooling

side step
shift to the right
back step
shift to the left
front step
turn around
last step
come back home

So
what comes after
the third
shift?

Leap Year

green and blue
hanging in the deepest
black of forever
she turns slowly
langorously
wobbling slightly
she circles her star
and waits another
four years

Witching Hour

the witching hour

dark not sightless
deep not full
dusky not empty
distant and still

night reins her stallions
blowing frost to the sky
they paw at the stars
cold, aloof as they fly

past houses
by shops
through windows
of night
dawn leans toward them
yearning
as they turn into the night

Blather Blog

blather faster
blather slower
blather in between
when blathering in public
begin with a small scream

blather to your neighbors
they'll stare in grave concern
blather to your children
it's something they must learn
blather to the grocer and the
grumpy growly grouch
blather at your honey
when you're sitting on the couch

blather to the woman selling flowers
near the mall
she may not know much English
but blather's international

blather here and
blather there
you really must you know
because a blather's proper
in wind and rain and snow

but blather's not in place
at all
when summer's at its peak
so when the weather's
nice and hot
you know it's time to bleep

Check out this blather page: http://blather.newdream.net/

Why

why do you
glare at me
why do you
stare at me
what in my face
reflects your hate
reflects distrust
you don't know me
or do you

in my face
do you see
the woman
who scorned your father
do you see
the woman
who refused to help
your mother .. sister .. brother ..
do you see
the woman
who could help but didn't
or wouldn't
or couldn't

is that why
your eyes cloud
when they touch mine
so I only have left
to ask
why don't you