Olfactory Assault

Smell you from afar,

Potent scent assaulting me.

Abercrombie, Fitch.

Haunted

I am constantly 

Haunted by familiar men

Who walk with your step.

The Harpy

I am the Harpy,

Gorgon, Sphinx, and Siren all.

Fear ye woman's might?

Rainy Day

Drips on roof: music,

Rainbow-colored umbrellas,

Puddles invade shoes.

Ice Cream & Spandex

She dreams of a world

Of bliss, comfort, and joy, of

Ice cream and spandex.

LA Character

LA character:
Captain's hat, Mardi Gras beads

With a priest's collar

My Center

He is my center,

Where I go to be quiet.

Without? Turbulence.

Complacency

Complacency kills.

Three stitches may serve all but

Are not sufficient.

Snowflakes

Bought cookie iron
To press my ancestor's sweets

Large, chewy snowflakes

Dawn

Twinkling lights to bronze

As different as night and day

LA horizon

Cowgirl Boots

Child in cowgirl boots

Exercises fiercely and 

In a style her own.

I-405

A stagnant river;

I-405 tradition:

The nightly back-up.

Blessed by Jazz

Jazz runs in her veins,
Heartbeat swings: slow, quick, slow, quick.

The score of her life.

A.L.

Companion always,

Rock in my rushing river,

My joy and laughter.

Agrarian Delight

Egret reflections

And mirrored sunset displays;

Rice paddy twilight.