“They just want a photo to prove that they’re not racist,” he had turned to his fellow caterers with this assertion.  I handed my iPhone to one of his friends as he stood next to us and posed for our photo.  We … Continue reading An Evening With Our President

It’s OK to be friends  “Here’s the thing, I’m friends with (President) Bush. In fact, I’m friends with a lot of people who don’t share the same beliefs that I have. We’re all different and I think we’ve forgotten that … Continue reading It’s OK to be friends

The Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag of our United States: “I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one Nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice … Continue reading USA

in my hands wrath of the grape cup’s content trembled   I timed it one, ten thousand two, ten thousand three… rhythmically timed trembling to the beat I am old my hands yet steady steady enough they weren’t the culprit realization  … Continue reading

Trapped!  The alternate plans of escape rush through my mind.  Push out on the door.  Break the window.  Crawl into the front seat and out then the driver’s or passenger’s doors.  Or sit there trapped until someone rescues me.   Assuredly this is a momentary problem … Continue reading Tesla Trap

Do not distress yourself with imaginings.  Desiderata One by one, many by many, they fall in diagonal lines, pushed by the brisk wind.  Gold, and yellow and beige, some trimmed in red. Swept across the traffic, abruptly stopping in a mountain, trapped by … Continue reading Images

Within,  The bowels of ground zero View twisted by terror. Sitting on a column matrix The candle flames out, Dreams shattered. Across a fearing people Anthrax spreads like Melted wax Without, Flickering vigil By candlelight. Closure For lost souls And … Continue reading Within the Twin Towers

Day One The worm burrows deeply into bowels of knowledge a cancer multiplying and spreading into the network and germs infecting everything they touch. Corrosion  Corruption Destruction  Day Two                                                                    Attachments are deleted save the validation of a few standing guard at the … Continue reading Today, Proud American

Our lives have changed dramatically with the demonic destruction of the World Trade Center in New York.   My iris ID card hangs around my neck like an albatross.  Always part of my anatomy, an unwanted appendage that keeps me company everywhere … Continue reading America Proven Greater Than This

I asked this question hundreds of times, my mouth dry, as I stood in the plaza in front of the Titan book store.               “Oh cool”             “I wanted a flag, thanks.”             “May I have one for my friend?”             “Thank you and … Continue reading Will you wear a flag today?