A Mourning Hug for John Mendelssohn
A glowing day
hell-orange
Nimbostratus cloud
hovers here,
choking everything,
from plants to crows
to this disillusioned woman
as a hard wind
whips the cloying air,
from Northern California,
taunting an already-battered heart.
This time last year
I was intoxicated
by the joy of embracing
the promising lie
someone told
about a bright and shining
future life.
Today, even the earth
is pushing me away.
Arms stretched wide,
I'm running toward my mother
as quickly as I can
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Performed by Val Cole
"Morning Dew" by Kyle Leighton
And so it is, a new day has dawned
As here I sit to greet it right
A pebble, nay, a grain of sand
In the depths of space on this land
Tomorrow brings what we not know
But care at all is nay we have
For sorrow comes to those who wait
Who lie...
[So, it began like]
So, it began like
I have a dream of the
perfect, lovely evening.
So, it began like
Well, hello.
Is this seat taken?
So, it began like
Why it’s for you.
—Thanks—smiling.
So, it began like
I’m looking
forward to
seeing The
Little Shop
of Horrors.
—So am I.
So, it began li...
Performed by Val Cole
“A riddle of Breakable things”, by Janine Parkinson
A love like ours starts out
with one cup of sugar
a teaspoon of thyme
Add a fight,
some words unkind
we sit broken, cracked, poached
Resting in silence, stirring
your pointed finger, stabs
Oozes yellow
The sunset
repla...