Special Honey

some talkers never stop the music only briefly interrupts and how to say what is enough or censor what is interesting genuine silence rare pleasure photographed unwitting I go on anyway try not to be rude or say the hurtful word someone other than you defending himself replacing lost time with new wine extra crisp muffin special honey

Similar Feelings

what if not now perfect never another time people different similar feelings does one love one other or the being a lover nice question exposes roots air and sun can kill who am I mobile alimentary canal only meaning one or two by one

Other Life

ah yes for me it is special since I wrote it others fun too still this time best compared to what not vile is weaker than detestable I choose advisedly hoping it rings true cast mellow in the hot tub what other life resumes where was I dreaming seeing visions writing something else arising

Smooth Moves

everything I have to say I say in my play every word means more than it seems wavering between reality and whatever else there is outlasting us all nearly over gone it floats in potential pixels on screens is that better than memory I can't even remember who was there or who missed it list of bad all but empty no more notes it is as perfect as it possibly can be ticking along I marvel their smooth moves exactly what I want

Key Moments

granola beats wine bar I'm talked out happy home alone in kitchen interviewed on camera in walnut shade and at my desk with Alfred we gave Mark the end of his movie maybe wait see Dalton reference memorializes darling John Albano one of my few fans remembering too much key moments forgotten

Fresh Jar

in and out at both ends pretty frank in the morning don't hold back where is your peanut butter in the door of the refrigerator I just opened a fresh jar yesterday or the day before Alfred making sandwiches for Teeya who is leaving on the bus

An Ovation

walnuts and cheddar walnuts and raisins beer and snacks in the studio planning the party cheers and whoops an ovation I threw things at the crackling camera girl before that something else a few songs an arrival ah yes the Guarneri rehearsing Beethoven still trying to be better

Say It Again

I have the remote control if anybody does he likes to see things more than once correct any errors of omission perception say it again in case they missed it the first time any risk of redundancy better than being mis- led poorly understood don't hesitate to call I am always here phone in pocket needs press until met don't answer if you don't want to talk

Face It

didn't know didn't say no asparagus gone wild why ask if you don't take note I said what I meant again that's the thing someone tries to disguise because as therefore exhibits wit within narrow pink circles whence thistles laundry sushi Greyhound Idaho come together summer is a laugh act face it you

New Potatoes

summer brings cherries three varieties tiny new potatoes four first blueberries proud father everything else abundant do what you have to do comes out as something else the stool collapses it doesn't matter the machine hums on why fence the tree pits deer eat lower branches anyway I don't have to decide what happens only what I can improve

Choose Wisely

I like washing dishes believe me we choose our attitudes "I am immune to traffic" china chips faces age what can we do or say choose wisely

As If

nothing means anything I will wash the windows anyway I will think of things to say say them anyway as if anyone cares what I reveal about myself we overlap by accident moments' attention lapses I will keep on doing plays if let as if anyone believes them

Home Alone

what is my treat smoky Laphroaig after running lights and sound for thirteen souls in seats the word is disaster not failure shhhh you are the one or not my fault no blame pause to give the star her exit fix what you can let the rest breathe I love them all now can I go home alone again or not because I like being present as well as praised

One Rises

one sleeps one rises one drifts one hesitates before acting one wakes on the catty sofa in the middle of the night and drives none is better than any other only another possibility which is positive is the question who gives gains traction improves

Who Else

long light summer pleasure first free day in many weeks plenty to do just to catch up still to finish "Holy Memory" if I want to work I always do and then says Jonathan and then something else arises helping writers to research long gone friends who else historian of former present my own nature still untold

Safety Belt

coming matters going mere subtraction restoring absence until we meet again a family plays always more connected one flood establish mutuality plentiful food sweet wine she said enough for two of anybody else would wonder bristle but having decided other fasten safety belt before we completely expose ourselves

Better Food

embrace what happens be easy and convenient loving friends a friendly sky sweet evening welcomes our walk not what was but is now the family includes a past we all agree on pick asparagus do puzzle speak about animals a hedgehog quickly cured a bat demanding better food step back relax and rise to match the occasional heart

Personal Record

more people at the opening night party than the show tonight's audience of three a personal record we did Sam's play for four at the Cino in sixty-five at one a.m. Christopher was there and Mike and Kathleen means what without the brain of Pooh combustion numbers me among its fans arrive tomorrow for the matinee my notes about improvements not obvious mistakes

Only Mine

anticipation of an audience will they laugh will they get it at all well even if they don't it's entertaining and a classic too it cannot fail he says but is it true what failure when success is doing what you want to do is art a little real or more than only mine what has begun will now improve approaching realizable perfection

Three Weeks

wiser and lighter I press on wanting to see Phaedra fun and she is even without the car wash nothing better than a death on stage or three or more but that's another story she said departing saying on with the show the rest of life on hold we open tomorrow play three weeks twelve chances to realize some semblance of what I not too vaguely had in mind

Every Line

Vermont lady pink cherry bzzzz he wrote that's all saying I mean before every line we know you do but not really it is not that real I can't explain and shouldn't have said anything or needed others mean to be duly misunderstood if shoes can answer a question feel yourself falling unconscious who are you someone is pulling back the eyelids glittering green beside the suddenly silent river

Even Eyebrows

I have usual unusual problems but at least I am not president responsible for everything any more how to pay poets how to rein in the military work around loony so-called patriots dimmer failure bad enough be treasurer again my mind can wander off subject responded favorably if suggestions phrased just right who dared dye even eyebrows

Bear Two

off all day I took a nap after breakfast cleaned the house caught up with emails about bear two changing scene the past is longer than it seems at the time decades on end centuries barely mean more tomorrow begins it all again

Stupid Wisdom

nothing can fix the past but something else will happen unpredictable according to your disposition you can fear but why should you knowing what we do it won't change a thing it is fate in retrospect naming decades later to contrast with what followed no one knew stupid wisdom reassures its own blind gift

Free Speech

the usual show business thrills hot chocolate weather systems horse remarks even egomania eventually props add to some referring texture similar to life learning who forgot to say so simply slide aside as someone takes your seat change places with an arbitrary partner time spills wetly forward counting probabilities less predictable than obvious free speech dues

Holy Ghosts

so speak our holy ghosts dear comrades of a different nation music fits in everywhere while dialogue and action continues can you think drive talk at the one time thank you for being grace is a blessing whichever gift restores full good willing

Rise and Fall

ride the rise and fall the tai chi cat computer spider personal personnel timely memorization potential disaster narrowly averted not so easy to be patient but necessary if anything is willed is beautiful as if this is what I meant after the years come out even

What I Said

O.K. then go home eat pie sweetie I know what I said was silly that's what I liked about it come back in to check the ice cream unmelting after that can you forgive what didn't even happen sure honey I mean it equanimity is good whether pregnable or not remotely so inclined

Possible Beauty

correcting inflections is almost enough directing now that they almost know it watch them struggle happy when they play the language almost carries them along it will I know hope see possible beauty truth amusement swinging free thought memory comedy drama meet between the lines of life remembered new each time it can actually happen