Teeth in a Box
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Dreams Peace & Justice
These are teeth in a box & it swallows up all the mean things in the world & holds them in its jaws until times start to change.
Month: December 2013
Teaching Right
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Back to School Children & Parenting Graduation Peace & Justice
She asked me if I had kids & when I said I did she said make sure you teach them what’s right. & I said how will I know? & she nodded & said, good point, just don’t teach them any obvious wrong then.
Tallest Man in the World
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting Humor & Whimsy
I’m the tallest man in the world, he said, so I’ll have to miss dinner & I said too bad about missing the ice cream then & suddenly he found he fit quite well at the table if he let his legs stretch down the hall.
Taller than Usual
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Personal Growth
Does everyone seem taller than usual? she said & I said that’s what happens when you stop pretending you don’t care.
Talent
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Personal Growth
I’m probably best at going where I’ve already been, she said, but I get bored with it pretty quickly
Sympathies
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Humor & Whimsy
Whenever he sat in the swingset it got tangled up. He said it was demons in the steel that were drawn to the sweat & sorrow of the steelworkers across the generations. Plastic doesn’t have those sorts of problems yet, he said.
Swing Dancing
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Humor & Whimsy
this looks like swing dancing but really it’s just moving around the floor trying not to bump into anybody else
Survival
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Children & Parenting
Some days I wonder how my kids will turn out, but most of the time I’m just figuring out how to survive them right now.
Surprise Connections
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Uncategorized
these are all connected in surprising ways, but no one wants to admit it because they couldn’t get away with as much stuff
Summer’s Night
Posted: December 16, 2013 at 3:23 PM in Romance & Relationships
It was a summer’s night & the smell of the old rose bush was as heavy as rain & she asked me in & I followed her up those stairs till morning.