"Fireworks"

Who says food ain't holy?

Reunion, 
Communion -

Fireworks.

Lightening and Laughter

We are silly people
    eating homemade ice cream and fries with ketchup
     under checkered tables and
      under tornado skies and
       sweeping twigs off our driveways and 
        dumping them on our neighbours piles of fallen trees and
         crunching on rice cake sandwiches to the sounds of sirens.
We giggle while
      cleaning up, and cheersing to beer and ribs
       under the threat of another life storm
        under the influence of celebration with
         lightening flashing and dancing in
          eerie, destructive delight...
           the show must go on.

The Dot Dot Dot

What came first,

the question or

the answer?

…

What if

I let myself ask

‘What if?’

…?

Simmer in the

dot dot dot.

What if this is it?

…

                                                                                                What if he died?

            What if I held your hand?

…

What if the Underground Railroad still existed?

…                                             What if I let go of fear?

What if she were white?

What if you were right?

What if I smiled back?                      …

                        What if I was born in Baghdad?

…                                                         What if we needed each other?

     What if I dreamed?

          What if I wrote them down?                          …

               What if I tried?

…

What if I could make things better?

…

What if it all burned down?

What if I laughed at myself in the mirror - non-judgmentally?

What if I winked back?

…

What if I chose to commit?

What if I don’t know everything?

What if I gave love in this moment?

…                    

What if I could be different?

…                                                                     What if I could leave?

What if I could be vulnerable?

…

            What if we played for a whole afternoon?

What if I was wrong?

…

What if the Underground Railroad still exists?

                                                            What if I could be satisfied?

     What if I was missing something?

What if I let myself feel?

                                                            …

                        What if it were up to me?

            …                                                                 What if I really asked how you are?

                                                                                              What if I really listened?

What if slavery still exists?

                                              …

                        What if you weren’t in my life?

…

 What if I let love in?

What if I didn’t blame others?

                                                …

What if this is it?

What if I was part of the answer?

...

What if the answer is too much?

...

Simmer in the

dot dot dot.

 ...

What if

I never find the answer,

is the question still important?

…

Yes.

Imagine

What do you see?

Dare...

Purple Kisses

What?

Yes,

Purple Kisses.

Proof that
words and kisses can
be used for good...

In our craziness,
we make a home.

Nothingness

Pictures of Nothing.

Or, photos of _______ .

Mystery Window

When soul and mind

desire collaborative articulation:

what will this art reveal?

Bend the Rules

Bend the Rules.

"It is finished..."

"...Jokes!" said the bank.

*sigh.*

Cherry Pit

Hey sweet 

Cherry Street!

Compare me

please

to flowers, rocks, roots, trees:

cliché,

commonplace, 

never cease to amaze,

and oh so complimentary.

We need a Cherry tree.