GRIZZLY PEAR
Mom always complains she’s too close to the monitor during class.
So the girl programmed a warning system in Lego Spike with the Color Sensor.
When the sensor sees black,
Play the sound file.
She set it front of the keyboard.
When she leans forward, the sensor sees her hair.
The speaker squawks!
KEEP YOUR EYES FAR AWAY FROM THE COMPUTER!
䷣䷎
within the earth a mountain
They placed a box on the armrest.
Laid a roll of drawings down the sofa.
Branched two blue tubes for arms.
And splayed a pair of socks at the bottom.
On the box they added
Two paint bottles for eyes.
A pencil for the mouth.
Toilet paper rolls for hair.
A short plastic tube for a nose
Covered the him with a grey blanket.
Our couch potato all week.
䷴䷳
the wild goose gradually draws near the summit
We played Telephone at dinner.
He insisted on going first, multiple times.
At first some gibberish.
The girl finally got a chance to start.
Whispered to her brother, then mom, and me.
I announced “Daddy is a sneebish stealer.”
The boy and girl erupted in laughter.
He choked on his food — even though there was nothing in his mouth.
Mom stopped the game.
䷑䷁
setting right what has been spoiled by the father
We love dark chocolate.
I’ve enjoyed a piece (or two or three) every day.
All summer.
Until I stopped.
Headache
(Withdrawals from a caffeine addiction).
Then a second day.
Finally, quiet.
䷷䷢
the wanderer’s inn burns down
Seventeen years ago, my girlfriend made pajamas with a purple fleece with white stars.
Yesterday, grandma pulled out the box of scraps to make pants for the boy.
He insisted on the purple fleece with white stars.
And paraded around the house in mama’s PJ’s.
䷲䷔
thunder repeated
I collect old receipts to use as bookmarks.
While reading a book of haikus on the lazy Saturday afternoon,
I begged her to bring me a few.
(Didn’t want to get off the bed.)
Instead, they made bookmarks.
Watch
out
for
THE
DADDY
DEVil
wa! haha!
The daddy
devil!!
The
daddy
devil!
!!!!!!!
AHH!
!!!!
!!!
Daddy
The
monster
book-
mark!
AHH!
!!!!!!!!!
Daddy
is
a bad
monster
!!!!
!!!!
dun dun
dun!
DADY is STIOPiD
DnD n Dnb
Fat
!daddy
Daddy
is fat.
The Fat
daddy
book-mark!
dun
dun
dun!!!
DnDnDnDnD
and a wordless
drawing of
a “cave jail”
䷏䷄
one falls into the pit
three uninvited guests arrive
The algorithm fed us a collection of Youtube channels that film restaurants as they create their signature dishes.
No narration.
Just the work.
Dessert
American
Appetizers
Korean
Entrees
Chinese
I imagine the employees normally play music in the background.
But these videos are peaceful.
However, the idea of making the same thing every day is mind numbing.
It’s gotta get old pretty quick.
But anything is interesting in a tightly packaged 15 minute visit.
Fun to watch while eating dinner.
Thinking of all the unhealthy things we could be eating instead.
䷜䷮
a jug of wine and a bowl of rice
earthen vessels
simply handed in through the window
䷸䷺
In a dream
I visited a restaurant next in the basement of a shopping mall.
It was closed.
The door was taped up.
The property manager left a note.
This venue will remain closed
until the Owners remove item 14
from the menu and website.
By orders of SNHD.
What was item 14?!?!
He called a Lego baseplate a Park
The Park sparked an Amusement Park
That grew to fill the playroom.
Toilet paper structures with Lincoln Log beams,
Platforms of Wooden Blocks,
Duplo towers,
A Sporting complex of putting greens and pink balls in a Hoola Hoop.
Stuffed animals were the guards.
Lego figures and plastic toys lined up for opening night.
䷧
if there is still something
where one has to go
hastening brings good fortune
We squatted around an upside down wicker basket, filled a watering can, and found three easter egg halves.
Picked leaves for vegetables.
Grabbed rocks for plates, small ones for biscuits.
Pulled grass for seaweed tea.
Tea party.
䷀䷙
flying dragon in the heavens
We lost the mobiles
but kept the music boxes.
He pulled them out
while she studied Chinese with Grandma.
A pleasant dissonance,
two metallic tunes,
one at each ear.
䷴䷌
the wild goose gradually draws near the tree