paper planes (archives)

i read my poem

to an old friend

he assumed it

was about him

it caught me so

off guard when

he began to sob

i had meant it

to be humorous

seeing him cry

brought tears to

my eyes as well

so there we sat

two grown men

sobbing together

over a silly poem

about time travel

*

poems are paper planes–

we send them out, not knowing

where they might touch down

–photo by me

Of Turtles and Men

There’s a consensus among the more learned turtles of Turtle Rock that the rock itself sits on the back of a great turtle. And that turtle is perched on the back of another great turtle. And what does that turtle sit on? You guessed it: it’s turtles all the way down.

we can’t imagine

a universe in which we

play no vital role

–Photo by me