chopsticks pick

each morsel from

the platelet

and hold it up

before the face

of high noon

that thirsts

for the slight

dew upon

the brow

when

thinking

on and on

about the

surfaced 'n

the damned

that float

out against

the negative

of the sky

without

toes on

which

to stand

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That familiar feeling. That rush of

anger pulsing through my veins.

Words spill out to hurt and denigrate.

Flight or fight it is, but what a shame.

He leaves. All I am left with is nothing but pain and anguish.

This wierd addiction has plagued me for years. Dear god, I ask how can I stay sane ?

My most trying obsession

Is a tie between books and travel.

I try in earnest to walk past Waterstones or Dillon’s to no avail.

I’m like a vampire stalking its prey in order to feed.

Ever thirsting never replete.

As if by magic it is now dark and I’m being politely ushered to the door away from my bevy of beauties galore.

The travel section.

My resting place.

My soul cries in MacEnroe fashions you can’t be serious.

I’ve only just started!

Like a petulant child who’s been chided wrongly I say ok.

And drag my feet towards the exit.

It is patently clear this should be a twenty four hour business but they never got the memo.

Maybe I’ll start a churlish petition.

Do not they know how terribly inconvenient it is to leave my comfort zone.

How selfish of them to want to go home

I can't go anywhere without observing other vehicles' license plates. And before you ask, sorry ladies, I'm taken! Initially, my goal was to add and subtract the numbers on plates to get a number divisible by three, such as ’85' becoming twelve from eight plus five minus one. Best of all were combinations divisible by nine, but if that was only by multiplying by zero, I wouldn't be happy. ’725'? Evil. . . . After somehow not crashing into anyone, the letter combinations became the focus. Did the two letter words only ever found on a Scrabble board count? You bet they did! And using zeroes and ones for letters? Sure, I'd feel dirty afterwards, but if it was good enough for those with personalized plates, who am I to claim the moral high ground?

I emigrated to the US just over six months ago. A new world to explore. . . and I end up trying to spot plates from all of the states . . . so glad our layover was at Honolulu. . . . With only four states to go, I wonder if I can convince my wife to make Mount Rushmore our next vacation spot. At least that would take care of South Dakota. Actually, I won't do that. If I complete the list, I won't know what to look for next. I mean, I could actually go to places like Mount Rushmore to appreciate Mount Rushmore itself, but where would be the fun in that?

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