take it to the carnival

not longing haiku 17-24

hate to distract or
mislead or play around or
break things i cant fix

dying alone is
a better fate than dying
next to one you hate

on the fairyland
battlefield pixie wings were
strewn all glittering

i saw you today
& felt like i didn' t know
you & never had

you try to be a
good dog & bring me the bone
i don't want a bone

would i be better
off in an accident with
you or by myself

string of accidents
brace myself for more to come
won't get you involved

when i paint flashes
of childhood come back to me
that is the best part

longing haiku 17-24

do right do right now
play nice 'neath the twisted bough
when your heart allows

i will bring you down
after dusting off wings you
forgot that you had

i long for old times
before i knew how to hate
how hate makes us cry

i long for old friends
to rise from their graves & live
like princes they were

you have lots of dirt
i have holes that can't be filled
and yes they're my own

there were good times too
in the middle of horror
things seem so funny

i painted something
while thinking of you and i
hung it already

there's a fine line and
sometimes i walk it sometimes
i'm way at the end

happy birthday holdie & nach!

today is the day that holden turns 8 and nacho supreme turns 3


what a stately gentleman - (8=56 human years)


rebel without a cause (3=21 human years)


good boys!

real live cactus flowers

the lushious marathon!

today the lushious lefty is running the san diego rock n roll marathon, for the second straight year!

nacho & i went to see her zoom by mile post 2 at 6:45 this morning. the wheelchairs start it off-




then come the cops & kenyans



a band playing before 7am


go lushious! woo hoo! lookin good! (turquoise sports bra with "VAL" bedazzled)




8 miles later, here she comes up the 163, cruisin


go get em lush!

switch flipping

there's always somebody
leavin lights on
for somebody else
who's not really gone

who'll come back to it all
just like it was
untie their shoes
turn those lights off

wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world

curious care

truck stop limerick

follow your dreams like you must
& get your ass back on the bus
& i won't stay
stuck in the way
i'll oil your wheels, scrape off rust

happy birthday wheels chipotle and christini justini!

brotherly love