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Haiku Friday: Ms. Fix it

washwords — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 02:23:48 +0000

This week Haiku Friday is also Flashback Friday – ahh verizon. Fios down again son of a blankety blank freakity freak freak Tee Vee should just work and yet, plug, unplug, rehook splitter, wire, cord No lights on the dash so it’s deep breath in and call three calls later: mike He doesn’t hang up or transfer me to wireless We chat. for… hours And when it turns [...]

Remembering the music

washwords — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:56:25 +0000

In 1982, I was home sick (was that the year I had the chicken pox? or just strep throat? I don’t remember.) My father brought me mint chocolate chip milkshakes, word puzzles, and, one magical day, Michael Jackson’s Thriller. Yes the album. I still remember taking it from him in the driveway. Staring at it, puncturing the [...]

Haiku Friday: Relief

washwords — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 19:39:57 +0000

“full is not heavy” presentation done head opening, body melts i heave relief. deep. mind hits heart hits core comfort,done tires, too, but full is not heavy Buddhist class teaches anger is your creation yours to stop then, too You can’t purify old hurts that pull from merit ’til you stop the now. baby steps can be quite rocky, and yet they are the most important for more Washwords’ (and [...]

Luna de Miel

washwords — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 14:59:09 +0000

I’m honeymooning. Not literally. Yes, we’re planning our fabulous England/Scotland honeymoon (Bath – York – Edinburgh – highlands – glasgow-london. heee!) but that’s not what I mean. Life is sweet –even when I’m tired and work is… work and it’s too hot and/or too cold (jon stewart’s line: hits by grandma, featuring “Its suffocatingly hot” and the [...]

Haiku Friday: Riff on swine flu

washwords — Fri, 08 May 2009 14:10:14 +0000

I’m all knotted up Disastrous case of twine flu The cure: a good yarn My pal’s back is hurt Perhaps she has the spine flu The cure: lay supine Niece “bucket” age two no shocker has caught “mine flu” other tykes: adieu! Complainin’ and mopey I have the whine flu fer shure Cure? methinks WINE flues! I could go all day but lemme hear yours! leave a [...]