Abandonment

My rime formed
in formative years
is meant to keep you at bay.

My slick craggy shores, 
lack kindling or foothold
is meant to keep me distant.

My charm: 
trapped coolness;
glassy particles;
seething–hatred–remorse;
thick tarry dark matter;
belief in a Simoom fairytale.

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Black & Tan Lament

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Black & Tan Lament
16" x 20"
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2012


Black & Tan Lament
Hollowed, on a barstool, 
Gladys offers you
the black & tan.


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Tipping Dominos

Losing morning after morning,

hermetically sealed inside a

windowed room 

crowded 

with ten foot wooden ladders

he rants his Poet-ness

atop a 

plastic footstool.

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Expectations

Betwixt two maypoles
light contorts, yet
I’m to walk up right
without support.

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Earlier in the day I posted and image from my notebook, the before. This is the after.

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Before

scribblings. a look in my notebook; the birthing of a poem.
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Sunday Rain

I wasn't crying
then the rain came,
and we both wept in sheets.

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The Sky is Falling

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The Sky is Falling
16" x 20"
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2008

Artist: B.F.M.

This is a large olive befalling one after too many dirty martinis. Cheers.

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Trail Map Lament

I found 
an old trail map
of yours.

The one with polkadots
and trails highlighted
in bright star pink.

Yet no matter how closely
I followed it, 

it

never 
led me 
back to you.

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New Bike Dreams

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New Bike Dreams

16" x 20"
2012
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Artist: B.F.M.

Okay, I've been jonesing for a new road bike.

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This Exact Morning Moment

I’m as kind
as a porcupine
as long as you don’t 
know
what a porcupine is 
and think
a pin cushion 
is cozy.

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Flower Drop Soup

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Flower Drop Soup

16" x 20"
2012
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Artist: B.F.M.

It's one thing to have a fly in your soup another to have a flower. A spoof on Egg Drop Soup.

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Dust Storms

Your elders gloat like lilly pads
on a pond
under sunscreen and broad hats

thousands of miles from their 
grown children.

Then the call comes:
“your mother, she fell”;
"your father, has a spot, lump, cough.”

All this is an unexpected thunder storm 
carpeting your sun.

You don’t know it yet, but you’ve 
just been drafted into the minor leagues
playing for a team plagued by dust storms.

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Autumn Lust

I love 
when you wear 
that burning crimson 
maple dress.

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Awkward Gong

I tend to let

two, three weeks

pass before

hearing:

gong, gong, gong

Then it's all I hear:

GONG, GONG, GONG.

**

The you and I of it

pack our baggage, 

say our goodbyes,

wrap ourselves 

in salve & gauze.

Say curses, 

close our doors,

and wonder what 

we saw in the color

off pink.

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Lover's Call

Caught off guard
she calls my name 
like an office mate
needing a paperclip.

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Churning

This afternoon

I was an oak

disturbed

as a bee hive.

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Being

Morning dove
soaked with sun
rests 
on the wrought 
iron fence.

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Competition Backside

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Competition Backside

16" x 20"
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2008

Artist: B.F.M.

Here we are in the middle of the Olympics. This is one of my favorite events. I created this piece back in 2008.

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Clocking In

I have no
romantic evening bell 
chiming dusk 
like 
a fine Japanese haiku. 

I only have 
the creaking
of the old man’s walker
calling me to duty.


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Agnostic

My convictions
are uncertain enough
to mock a falling sun
with thanks.


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Desert Poppy

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Desert Poppy
16" x 20"
2012
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Artist: B.F.M.

So many wildflowers in the Sonoran Desert. The monsoon season brings them out; it's a lovely surprise for the uninitiated here in the Tucson area. Enjoy.

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Dolt

Sitting under 
a cottonwood 


pretending 
I’m a poet


I listen 
to echoes


plunder 
a breeze.


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Election Cycle - Republicans

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Election Cycle - Republicans

16" x 20"
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Artist: B.F.M.

Election Cycle - Democrats

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Election Cycle - Democrats
16" x 20"
Digital prints available.

Artist: B.F.M.