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Transformation

No hurries—no worries.

I can sit to meditate on the sun—

or the rain.

Rain that cleanses

And smells like spring—

or summer.

I walk miles alone.

Crowded only by thoughts.

Or I can hide with multitudes

It is all the same—

this feeling of now.

I swim in the ocean

Or a lake or a stream—

Wade through creeks

trickling with that sound

that brings soft sleep.

I catch a hook in my mouth

And ...

Blake fell back and the wall became red with spaghetti and sauce. It took a few seconds for Elaine to realize that her husband’s implanted defibrillator had gone off—not once—twice.

Elaine fell back and the wall became permeated with frustration and fear. It took her a few days to realize that her beyond cuckoo meter had gone off—not once—twice.

Blake and Elaine ...

Coleslaw 

“Why did you pick me to mix with carrot shreds?”

asks the hand cut cabbage.

“The sun warmed me and my roots had water

before you came.”

The red and black radishes cry the same,

“Why were we uprooted, before we bloomed?

Our future seeds yearn to spread and grow.”

The cook ignores the unenlightened.

Instead she whips mayonnaise and vinegar—

adds poppy seeds,

tabasco, sugar ...