old schoolhouse #1 - Perkins, Oklahoma, April 2016

I HAVE EVERYTHING EXCEPT WHAT YOU HAVE
There she is leaving work, the universe in her smile.  Grey
patio, cars buzzing by.  Under a halo of blue light tapering
into blackness at the peripheries.  A counter-clockwise swarm
of a thousand blackbirds in some mysterious landing pattern. 

Thank god I’m wearing a hat.  A little while ago.  Black coffee,

no room for cream.  Of course sugar, coming right up.  What’s
it like riding a motorcycle in this wind?  Is it dangerous?  Pink
lady apple skin.  She smelled of apples too.  All I’ve got is a credit

card.  Well then it’s on the house.  I asked if she quit a soul zapping

job in the big city to paint or write while working at Starbucks. 
There was something about the dreams in her smile.  Then she
winked.  And I said, I have everything except what you have.    

 



old tow truck #1 - Shawnee, Oklahoma, 2015