Burnt summer air
A sparrow perching on a branch
Coffee in hand
Welcoming the morning

Elderly Gentleman

size 13 crocs /
white socks /
in the doctor's waiting room

Used Bookstore

ammonia
choking off my breath
cat piss

The Flute Concert

Eerily creeping upward
From the dark recess of the mind
Lilting desolation
Solitude hangs in the air
Still as death
Emerging on the other side
Poured like silk on wounds
Healed over by time