Bus stop

yesterday
I boarded the 94 home
standing room only by then
full of students from night classes
eastbound on Whyte it careened along
then suddenly lurched
brakes full on
the driver honking his horn
those of us standing struggled to stay upright
someone let out a little yell
and then there were smiles and laughter
a young guy in the seat next to where I was standing rang the bell
as he stood to get off he whispered to me
'that was weird'
and in a kinda lovely mundane way
it was

Stichin

help me to remember how to best get in
to you
is it with a knit
or a purl
an itch
or a stitch
maybe a whisper
help me to remember how best to get in
to you
and we can get on with beginning
again

Quills

sweeping magpie wings
feathered tips
imprinted in snow
swooping
scampering
pica pica

slush

Sometimes don't you just feel like your heart will burst?
Or at least melt a little
But in a good way
Knowing
Feeling
Our way around
Together

alias Frente

the small sir
button
button mutton
little man
little bear
cuddler
mister man
mister manners
mister blister
tiny dancer
Freddie
weebie littles
sherpa
gobble sauce
clamber pants
scramble pants
pants
Barenboim
Schwarzkopf
fuzzer
Prince Pounce/king tiny/runner bean/brattus/troubler/king troubler/baby wigs/wigglesworth/man manners/snaucisse
der Frentenkavalier

Paddles

somedays it feels like semaphore
as if my fingers were bound together
tethered by hockey tape
or webbed like frogs
and in their swaddling
I would try to flag to you
to communicate my meanings
no, this not right
we should try another way
let's just forget it and go to sleep
and then somehow in the middle zone
you would sense it
read the space between the digits
and tuck it all in
the magic of a duvet
puffed fluffled
Quilt o'dreams

Eye contact

Staring at our orchid
Will not make it grow
Any faster