cup of earl grey tea with strawberry jelly mixed in for sweetening.

again no sugar
a resourceful tea-drinker—
strawberry jelly

a walk with my dog
my driveway each morning
several new ant hills

hundreds of people
listening to the radio—
which share my station?

trapped in the fast lane—
a gaggle of geese grazing
right blinker blinking

The Eldredge tie knot.

cotton candy theme
tie and shirt in harmony
sugar and cotton
Cup of tea.

every steeped tea bag
mood and alertness improve
—the bladder alarm

thinking it’s still there
my thumb rubs index finger
“phantom ring syndrome”

A thief’s possession?
silent in some dark corner?
anywhere … nowhere

cup of tea.

A four-day weekend
I’ve forgotten how to work
time to remember

My dog Quasimodo, he is a Puggle.

forced to remember
how I hate being outside
—my new best buddy