First published in
Fou Magazine

Nicaragua, Naturally

Lilies limn on their
way to the dentist’s office where
pulled teeth sing their own
tune to winter and its cadaverous school buses.

This theme may diverge over time.
Similarly, unrelated themes that were once
confluence can now only hope for convergence.

After salting the cinderblock of
friendship we claimed even God and his
sledgehammer could not smash it.

Those were titanic days.