ALL THE LOVE

ALL THE LOVE

to Patricia

All the love

you filled your life with

is coming back to you now

if not quite when you want it;

& I come, with my heart,

& sit beside you

to tell you this,

telling you this.

(12 SEP 14 Santa Clara CA)v2

IDENTICAL TWINS

IDENTICAL TWINS

Corrine & Bonnie,

identical blue-eyed blonde long-legged twins,

wiggle & scratch each others' backs

pretending to be tyrannosauri, squealing

“We're 6, we're in the first grade!”

Their grandmother tells them apart:

“Corrine's platinum, Bonnie's like I once was.”

07 SEP 14, V. V. Santa Clara CA)v3

SAMMY

Sammy

Sammy

the blind & deaf

cocker spaniel

with big paws

whines whenever

Heather's gone.

When she walks him,

he's happily silent.

(06 SEP 14 ,v.v. Santa Clara CA)

I Adore You

I ADORE YOU

with Patricia

"I adore you"
you say suddenly,
embarassing me;

"please, don't"
I say earnestly.
You smile.

(04 SEP 14,  V.V., Santa Clara CA)v.2

We have come through

with Patricia

“We have come through “

you say, amazing me

& I turn, facing you,

amazed. With

Lawrence's words,

we have come thru.

(29 AUG 14, Santa Clara CA)v2

Loving

Loving

with Patricia

“Thank you for loving me”

you say innocently;

you must feel

loving you is hard.

But everyone does.

Can you accept it?

(27 aug 14, Santa Clara)v3

SIPPIN'

SIPPIN'

Sippin' an hibiscus blossom

& rose-hip herbal infusion 
 

brings me back to Bermuda's

crumbling coral walls, 
& Lynn's hot beaches, 

sipt from a pink conical cup.

(17 AUG 14, V V, Santa Clara CA)v5

~ Bill