hare runs the race
wins and goes home
hare plants a carrot garden
the carrots are delicious
hare chases other hares
dominance is established
hare practices boxing
the partner is defeated
hare runs another race
is too tired and loses
Author: Georgia Tell
Poem #329
“I’ll just run to the store,”
said tortoise to failed entrepreneur
Poem #328
twinkle, twinkle
of the tree
knead, knead
of the cat
sing, sing
of the girl
Poem #327
post-sunset gray cloudy sky
bright enough that headlights don’t help
dark enough that colors are muted
highway worker puts out orange cones
a fly on its way to rest buzzes near
worker swats at it absentmindedly
fly lands on worker’s face to gain bearings
worker jumps and swats it away
a car on the highway hits the fly
it is dead
worker slips onto the road
the screech of tires and thump
worker is dead
Poem #326
it melts
a gooey mess
it takes only a few words
Poem #325
complete calm
too warm room
easy morning
Poem #324
a girl with a cat
sat on an asteroid
she swung her legs
meager gravity sufficed
she wasn’t alive
she wasn’t dead
she existed
passing crafts didn’t nod
passing crafts ignored
and she continued existing
forever and always
Poem #323
what’s my name?
algebra, factoring
Poem #322
sit in the bathroom
soft white light
from the foggy window
cat fur on my lips
melancholy and odd
next to desperate feline
there are moments like this
Poem #321
a slow-moving packet of awkward
speaks too loud, hears not enough
born in 1924, caused the Great Depression
tried to convince her daughter to bike to CSUN
loves teeth, hates paying money
“what country is that?”
says what everyone is thinking
“this is terrible”