While shopping
for a pair of pants
the music
was playing
songs which I thought
were designed
to prevent
shoplifting.

Crushing out
a cigarette
I have thoughts
of ashes
as I look
at the litter pile
of papers
underneath the ashtray
which have
valuable information
scribbled on them.

I used to think
that freedom
was found
in doing whatever you wanted to
and the crazier the better
but now I believe
that true freedom
is found in self-control
but don't leave
the craziness out
completely!

I lost
at everything
in life
and wound up
in Nirvana.

I'm fickle
like
spring weather.

A friend once wrote
that my soap opera
was the sound
of a lawnmower
and he seems
to be right,
right now,
as I listen to one
growling outside.

I open the little box
which contains
two small cubes
of instant tea stuff
and heat the teapot
until it makes a continuous buzz
and I drop in a tea cube
in my black and white tea mug
pour in the hot water
and watch as bubbles rise to the top
stir it up
take it over to the sofa
where I sit and sip
my sweet Chinese tea.