Sixty years oldStill laughing like a little kidYou are never too oldTo make a wishTo celebrate another year I would be so luckyTo age with […]
Friday Night at Donny’s
Dinner at Donny’s Sip my Manhattan in peace Looking at the waves With Love, Natalie
Wednesday
Ah, WednesdayYou relentless bitchYou balloon the weekWith packed calendarsAnd a crescendo of Problems To Be Solved WednesdayYou tricky bastardYou slip extra crises into the lunch […]
Grey Walk
A grey walk at half past noonStepping out my door into the mistDown to the water to watch the stirring surfaceTo say goodbye to the […]
End of Long Travel Day Gratitude
A tired, small thanks: There’s nothing quite like coming home to your own bed With Love, Natalie
Weathering
He tells me I am better at weathering itI say my work ethic isn’t as strongI’m not mad about it He says that I am […]
Perfectly Thirty
For Cara: Oscar Wilde said that life was too important to be taken seriouslyBut you are very important, and I take you very seriouslyBut also […]
April Showers
April showers, shaped like snowflakesMy parents say that a mile down the roadThey can see open waterBut here all we see is ice Two weeks […]
Birds of a feather
The saying goes:Birds of a feather flock togetherUntil the cat comes I do not have the patienceFor fair-weather friendsSimilar interests be damnedI want the friendWho […]
Parched
Parched–More than the split lipsAnd the lumpy throatIt’s the clawing emptiness If you are dying from thirstYou’ll drink anything Love’s like that tooWe beg for […]