doing dishes

This was inspired by a friend, a much older woman, who had endured a fifty year marriage. She had a bit of a temper, and there were just times...well, when she found it extremely helpful to hurl a dish against the stone wall of her little house. She told me that she'd buy cheap plates at the thrift store, just to have them on hand for this purpose so she wouldn't have to waste her good ones.

go break a dish

go throw a dish

against the wall

and let it shower

you in a satisfying

barrage of destruction

you can't take your life

(or your marriage)

and hurl it with all

your might

against a wall

or throw it over a cliff

or put it down the garbage disposal

so, go throw a dish

or two or three

or more

and enjoy what you can...

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blankety blank

blankety blank

blank email

i feel like an oracle

trying to discern

the meaning

from a plain white page

without benefit

of a safety net

or those helpful

little marks

very much

like these

that make meaning

so much more clear

my mind is cloudy enough

my spirit in question

how can i guess

from all the things

to guess about

to wonder about

to ponder about

in this world

and the mysterious

world of e

what meaning is meant

what message is sent

by a blank page?

am i to cast the runes

stir the leaves left

in my cup of tea

rattle some bones

and throw them

at the screen

to read the message there?

what o what is meant

when blankety blanks

are sent?

my powers are great

i know my vision

ranges far

but how o how

to know for sure

what's really in the cards

when those blankety blanks

appear...

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(This was my response to a blank email I received from my good friend, Mary Ann back in 2002. She subsequently filled in the blanks).