Love is an Avocado

A special poem for Valentine's Day! Love is an avocadoshaped like the human heart,and the human heartis a pumpthat sends the blood reelingin ways gravity alonecannot do.But the human heart is also a metaphorfor the depth of human emotion andfor something more that cannot beexpressed directlyand so we callon this poor overworkedhuman organand on avocadosto … Continue reading Love is an Avocado

Creating Reality

Written with my Thursday night group with prompts including:  no such thing as, what they taught me, three pounds of puppy cute, a mile from the nearest neighbor, a thud and a yelp, the killing began, change scares people “There is no such thing as reality,” he told me.  “All this is an illusion.  You … Continue reading Creating Reality