Author: michaeljordahl

Retired Miner, loves science, reading, carving, walking, recovering alcoholic

Shot of the Day 10/10/23

I saw this old cop car in a farmers yard and had to get a shot of it. Perhaps I watched too many cartoons as a child, but these old Fords with the gumball machine on top were a lot of fun and common characters back then. They could stand up and walk on their wheels and used cats for sirens. They chased bootleggers and bankrobbers. This one still looks traumatized from it all.

he was born in the great depression,

and i can’t believe all that he’s seen;

just look at his facial expression–

i think that you’ll know what i mean

–photo by me

tangled

the whole day you’ve been on the go,

and you really just want to lay low,

but the lines someone said

are still stuck in your head,

and your all tangled up in them so.

i beg you to please call on me,

and i’ll give you my love tangle-free;

i’ll help you forget,

and we’ll watch the sun set

together–the way it should be.

–photo by me

star girl (archives)

starlight falls out of the skies

and settles in her upturned eyes

she peers into the jeweled vault

until the sun begins to rise

an amateur astronomer

she knows the moons of jupiter

orion’s belt and saturn’s rings

she loves the stars like i love her

i hope someday she’ll love me too

but i will not obstruct her view

or take the stars out of her eyes

my love for her is tried and true

–photo by me