GRIZZLY PEAR
Floof!
A dramatic way to spread the blankets over the kids.
Momma hates it.
Kicks up too much dust.
They love it.
Especially when I whip the blanket down.
A quick floof.
More dust!
The nightly ritual.
After brushing teeth.
Before Mommy’s kisses.
䷏䷣
it furthers one to install helpers
and to set armies marching
He called her to wash dishes together.
She soaped while standing on a stool.
He stood on a blue chair to rinse the dishes.
I stayed on the floor.
䷃䷥
one meets a like minded man
with whom one can associate in good faith
She has glass cups.
His are stainless steel.
But only two.
When both are used, he uses hers.
A glass with a red hairband.
䷈
you are rich in your neighbor
It started with a juice bar.
Then a route for their plasma car
(threading between couches and under the table)
Bowling.
Drum Basketball.
A Lego Pinball Machine.
She drew up tickents.
And cash.
Her Animal Carnival.
䷸䷱
three kinds of game are caught
She cleaned out the tub.
That one we never use.
It triggered a rusty flow from the hot water heater.
We flushed the tank.
Finally filled it up.
Four plastic ducks.
Warmed up the room with an open window.
A Sunday summer afternoon,
Two kids and water.
䷜
water flows on uninterruptedly and reaches its goal
thus the superior man walks in lasting virtue
She started with a lemonade stand.
It grew into a juice bar by the front door.
The main counter is a plastic bin elevated on paper rolls.
The cups are toilet paper rolls with taped bottoms.
The juices are math cubes of many colors.
Strawberry, lemonade, blackberry….
$1 each.
She trades shifts with her brother.
Their small chairs and stools fill the foyer.
Music from my ipad, Vince Gualardi and Bola Sete.
I sip on juice with the dolls.
It’s been a minute.
䷉䷹
thus the superior man joins with his friends
for discussion and practice
He reads his Bob Book.
Haltingly.
Sounding each short word.
This won’t last long.
Savor the moment.
But the mind rushes away.
To the siren song of the pocket computer.
And its infinite digital worlds.
䷩䷓
it furthers one to accomplish great deeds
Apples.
Step Ladder.
He’s old enough to pair the two.
He was scared at first.
Then he took to it.
“Fun of the high!”
“Fun of the high!”
“Fun of the high!”
䷔䷢
the sun rises over the earth
the image of progress
I sketched her reading book.
She added a caption.
Bad, Bad, Bad,
Bad, Bad,
Drawing
䷚䷵
for the provision of nourishment
brings good fortune
spying about with sharp eyes
Three of us in the twilight.
A triangle connected by a dimpled orange ball.
They laughed and laughed, each time he dropped it.
䷖䷺
a shoal of fishes