dodoitsu cluster

 happy with Summer's leaving

a child's stumbling walk

through a patch of 

wild flowers 

--

church revival for the week...

brother and i dread

getting dressed 

sitting in that hot church

--

on bed rest after giving birth 

mama weakly laughs

when brother tells 

a lewd joke 

--

flowering quince 

near a rotten fence 

the hills of Tennessee 

are quite charming 

--

something quite sexy 

about red dahlias

and spider lilies—

eating wedding cake

--

this dark emotions 

saturating the soil 

the old farm sits

in dilapidation 

--

all this excitement 

around Football season...

i don't give a damn

i continue to write

--

pool of oil— 

early in the morning

the husband comes 

stumbling in drunk

--

savoring the flavor

after biting deeply 

into a 

ruby red apple

--

quiet night

ignoring the ringing phone 

i stare

at the moon

--

on this sleepy night 

my only friend

an empty 

Coke bottle 

--

the witching hour 

in the office 

biting into another

ruby red apple 

--

quiet night so far...

young girl returns home 

from a date 

crying