Joanne Faries
Blend
Pack escape within escape
weeks before vacation
magazines, books piled high
one added, one tossed
frothy, serious, brooding, frivolous
underwear stacked
shirts folded
mix-n-match colors
calculated, pristine
sandals stuffed in side pockets
swimsuit folded in overnight bag
like a bartender who measures, pours
mixes the smoothest concoction
adds cherry, pineapple slice, or olive
a traveler chooses to read
the perfect blend
to soar with the plane
time oblivious
or sit on the beach
waves strum background music
for a summer romance novel
voyager pauses
packs one more book
in case of emergency
there is an escape plan
Solid Sounds
men dig in neighbor’s garden, hawthorne bush tossed
atop trampled yellow pansies, perky faces, battered
deadline deserves resolute commitment
delete - insert - demolish
unearth pithy phrases
high pitched drills, hammer clangs, pounding beat
men drive steel piers into bedrock
flesh emotions to framework
install beams, temper weights, ratchet increments
grammar, punctuation
italics, bold, underline
shore the foundation
print, read,
revise
send
Copyright © Joanne Faries 2009.