When you use
Dollars and cents
Instead of
Hours and minutes
To figure out your
Payroll time sheet

Fifteen eighty three
Go to sleep March 11
Wake up March 22
The powers that be
Messing with
The calendars again
Were they vacation days
Or PTO?

Woke at 4 am
Silent and dark
Stillness surrounded
That sound? Is it in the park?

I can hear it off in the near distance
But I don’t know what it is
Outside critters perhaps
Don’t breath so I can hear

What is that noise
It sounds like clicking
Is that baby opossum out there
Or is it a kitten

I can’t tell if it’s inside
or out
It’s driving me crazy
It’s giving me doubt

I hold still at first quietly
Get up to take closer peep
I still can’t figure it out
Everything else is still asleep

My amazing investigation
Finally figured it out, oh please
It’s the giant broken clock!

Saying...go...back...to...sleep

A mournful sound of a train
I’m not sure why
Makes me want to cry

Is it saying I’m going now
Like it’s saying goodbye
I might never see you again

Or is it saying i will be back soon
Wait for me
Don’t move

Pitiful mourning in the night
When everything is sleeping
Searing soulfully in the mist

Why does this sound
evoke emotion like this
I get up so it can speak to me

I grew up with it
It’s familiar to this child
A long comforting hug

Maybe it’s the strength
Maybe it’s the speed
Maybe it’s the a far off loud

A need to keep hearing
It's only a whistle
Holding in my memory

I want that one
But it’s not ripe
It doesn’t matter
If I don’t like it
I can just throw
It away

Trees cry deep within
We-unable to hear the sound
Barely brushing a leaf
Knowing it responds happily
Exchanging breaths
Forcefully accepting the water
It was given from above
Pulling it in so it can survive
Even a few drops it cherishes
Roots go deeper than you can see
Protecting feeding beauty breathing
It does it for you
It does it for me

A scent that makes me cry
Takes me back to newly time
I smelled it today
I don’t know how
Can I bottle it please
And use it when I need
To feel young again
And free from age
I search for it in my head
The merchants helped
Discontinued they said
How can it be ...
I needed it for me

1890
It was a nearly "unmentionable" product for years, and consumers were often embarrassed to ask for it by name or even be seen buying it.

Timid shoppers simply asked for "Two, please," and the clerk presumably knew what they wanted.

To keep things discreet, @@@@was packaged and sold in brown paper wrappers.

Staring longingly
Into the vivid night sky
Alone at the oceans edge
No fear to ponder
How deep the sky was
How sharply clear it was
How far it could go
How long it would last
How vast it was
Eternal
Safe
Pure
Enveloping
Overwhelming
Encompassing
A soft breeze wrapped around me
Speaking reassuring whispers
That’s when I knew
I loved you

Running around the lot
I saw your red mohawk

One with a black striped head
Had on a red onesie for bed

Spotted and speckled
What happened to you?

One had a pretty blue dress
And yelled very loud so stressed

Looking for attentions
From mates with intentions

Green with envy this bunch
I wanted to cage you so much

Black shiny outfits ready for trouble
I’m really smart, you wanna rumble

How do you live up on high?
Where do you go when you die?

Some like fast food and junk
Some like fruit and nuts

When I see how your taken care of
I don’t worry as much