First thing Little and New Little are out
Rushing, eating, close to the window
In the sun, where we watch,
Coffee some and talk about them.
Before nine they’re off.
I can settle into the new day’s charms.
Spirit away on wings of slight.
Work out the day until the night.
Another dry day supposed to turn warm.
We’ll take it and give what we can.
Endevour throughout the hours
Settle well with our powers.
Cool to start today,
Summer fell away.
Blue background under clouds.
Irregular beginning on the midday of the week.
Sleepy all around
During a slow beginning.
Of yogurt, cereal
And coffee.
First thing they are here
Together these friends
Crowding and quiet,
Calm this morning.
Good day to uss all.
Turning to fall
Autumn’s the outcome.
Early and rested.
This day we all sat.
Hello big duo
Hope we all slept well.
No surprise to see you.
Have to talk with builders.
Seems small jobs put together.
Then you need to purchase materials.
Costs come out of the closets.
The operations begin to develop unexpectedly.
Maybe it’s better to think of results,
And expect a long road getting there.
Sit and have a coffee while you wait.
Little sat at the start of the day.
By my window. Ready to play.
Blue sky wide and light,
What a first class deal.
How easily we look around
Taking in morning light steadily
As the days tighten up on August
we begin to think what’s next.
Sunday costume, pants are clean.
Toast and coffee, strong and lean.
Everybody’s in between.
Praise to the day.
We’ll take the sunshine
Find the best parts.
Honestly your heart is mine
where true love starts.
A lot a thunder again last night
While I slept and missed it all.
I had hard dreams going on non stop.
Slip-sliding in and out of Storyland.
I’m
More storm than we ever had.
Power went out at nine.
The bad weather hadn’t begun.
Distant Thunder rang all night.
Non-stop rumbles continued.
Couldn’t feel the direction.
The thumps were out there.
Sleep went through regardless.
By the dawn the rain had ended,
Rumbles continued.
There was no end to the storm,
Only a lessening on the distant booms.
Not wisp of cloud yet heavy storms are on the way.
Here they are coming, piling in, grouping up.
Bringing dumping loads of water upon us.
Here heavy measurable will fall.
Bumping into each others
A clobbering of down-pouring.
Duck alert china ride
Ka-bunga.
Blam dumps the drops.
POW-pow into drips and a fine mist.
Downfall, umbrellas out.
A pack of rain. No lie. No doubt.
Football season has begun,
Baseball is on the run.
Had to record Antique Roadshow,
Saw a quarter and went to bed.
Nighttime viewing gets too late.
A Sunday afternoon is enough for me.
They pay players millions
And want me to anti-up?
Could be a tough season.
Baseball gets blown away
Football is just a preview.
And I’m backing down.
Rabbits have five litters per year
And more newbies are seen
Identify these around this morning
Little and NewLittle were seen yesterday
This morn smaller unidentifides are out.
No one else, no birds etcetera.
Monday starting in no rain.
No cars, no walkers
You know how it goes.
The same.
Bunnies sit still in a pose, then are gone in a blink.
Off eating or napping.
Didn’t get the count;
Different numbers came up.
Thirty or so of us got together,
sat and talked.
Wayne didn’t show.
The town is gone although
the framework remains the same.
Darrel and Leslie were there.
Out in the field
Beyond the rows of corn
We we saw the red giant ball of sun go down.
Such a warm, beautiful evening.
To go in August a warm season
Pleasant ahead for sure.
Tajour soup like my dentist.
Tag it to the list of goodness ahead.
One creature in the entire woods.
Not a chip, a bird or squirrel
Only Little our favorite rabbit
Hanging around out of habit.
Say hey so here we are you’re
On the car, not too far away again.
Thump, thump the rabbit’s hopping.
Nothing stopping us today.
Carefully the fresh coffee is distributed into cups.
There are no cakes plural.
One flat cake has been cut into many pieces.
i don’t need it but i’m eating it anyway.
The second half of August
some final warm summer days coming up.
We’ll take them then move into fall.
You know that’s all.
Large nimbus clouds and fallaway patches in blue.
What can you do?
Turn around season comes through.
What can you do?
Spinning wheels would be something to watch;
Otherwise other things get in the way.
Sent Auguri to Alex, Marina and Ermano an Chiara.
To my friends for Italy’s summer holiday.
This is a big one
like a birthday in importance.
Now I have to
Send a note to Giacomo.
The heat escaped,
Slid out the weather door.
was fine while it lasted;
Don’t look for more
Now look for yellow,
A relinquish of the green.
As the temperatures mellow
And color changes the scene.
Are ya autumn on the way?
Dry as a cactus,
Colors come out some day,
Only need some practice.
Touches eight when I’m ready.
Brings Monday morning in steady.
Start us off in the new week
Warms the heart to hear floors creak.
Easy Jasper, reset the gong
No time limit for our song.
Play on in the harness of light.
Then dance, dance til you’re out of sight.
We have the way marked for clarity.
Bright sun beams light the path.
No walkers or vehicles,
one rabbit we call Little was here a while.
A motorcycle rumbled past.
The cliche cartoon sound of a large bike.
New Little sat out front
on the edge of the street.
hey, we want our bunnies to behave like people.
Okay, there I said it.
I’ll make flash cards and
start reading lessons next week.
Seven seconds away from the flash.
The booms could knock ya.
I know the bunnies were out there.
They couldn’t have slept well.
I hope they hid near the house.
Dry places can be found.
Eat and sleep,
That’s life in August.
Big little came in first.
Then new little showed.
Nine thirty
All is well
With twenty years in Hawaii
Extended Family and community
Thrown out by flash fire
No contact by wire
Dashed away. Thousands unacounted.
Speak to us, you can.
Present the story
To us far away.
We will hear you, Phena.
What do you feel?
Your voice is real
How are the people? What do you say?
Homes, families moved out of place
As firestorms cross Maui
Making life difficult for all.
Major loss and disruption.
So hard the climate changes.
New developments occur on the globe.
Keep what we can stable, simple.
Cooperation can aid all.
More than we expect developes.
Keep neat and practice caution.
Help where you can.
Be prepared at all times.
Hand cuffed for throwing things in the cabin.
I prefer not to be a passenger on that flight.
My days go easier, thank you.
I’ll have quiet coffee and a brioche.
That’s my seat, my ticket says.
I’ll sit there, thank you, and read.
Getting ready. Nearly set.
Was a while last time I bet.
Familiar faces over pancakes.
An hour from here about what it took.
Things were lining up again.
Filing days like I don’t know when.
The owner lady remembered us
The place was loud until one table left.
Next to us they were talking loud.
Hey, we made it.
More than ten years we’ve breakfasted there.
If we’re lucky we’ll do it again.
A car or two snapped by
Wasn’t sure, they went so fast.
Thought of counting and they were gone.
Just a blurs, didn’t take long.
Of deer there was no sign.
Nothing to see this time.
Why am I expecting any at all
Leaves are thick amid trees so tall.
Now we adapt without fear.
White sky in clouds
Driveway is curing.
No one out after eight.
Clean and neat,
This day is slow,
A real treat
There’s nowhere to go.
Take some time,
Walking slowly,
Keep in line,
Holy moly
Two guys were putting more hot shiny
Black oil on the drive.
She watched out the windows,
“I want to do that,” She said.
I stayed away, didn’t even want to smell it.
I worried the bunnies would get it on their feet.
Keep away everyone. It’s hopeless black gook.
You’re cooked if you’re near it.
This is a clean new driveway.
I’ll look at it, but I sure don’t want to smell it.
Makes me think about
Giving up coffee.
9:10
She’s out there with a chair.
The mailman doesn’t come for another hour,
But we have a good mailman
and one who’ll walk right through it.
Okay, now so the workers were saying
They were up in Avon and put flags across the road
And people lift the flags and walk right across.
Parents and kids don’t pay attention.
Shawn the good mailman came
And he did well, stepped carefully.
Now we wait 24 hours and all will be well.
Asphalt Days are behind us.
A giant white with pipes hanging on.
Has the city label
And workers in brightly
Shining safety vests
Iridescent green or orange.
Blocked the street then took off.
Quick and official
Keep out of the way.
Heads up, hats on
Their working today
Clearing the roads,
Do what they say.
