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poet, technologist, cynic, father of five, child of chaos, punker, prankster, patriot, punster, leftist, latino, japanophile, audiophile, beer drinker, quiche eater, dog walker, soft talker, deep thinker, shallow sleeper, introvert, covert operative in a parallel universe.

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    extra special bitter
    hops are bitter. life is bitter. coincidence?

    Friday, December 31, 2010

    restless morning —
    the winter fly
    comes back to life

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    Wednesday, December 29, 2010

    restless night —
    somewhere
    an ice dam...

    restless night —
    the kiss
    that never was

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    Monday, December 27, 2010

    snow day —
    more white than I remember
    in my beard

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    Saturday, December 25, 2010

    Christmas cocktail —
    the children build an igloo
    in an old photograph

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    Wednesday, December 22, 2010

    footprints in the snow
    words
    I can’t take back

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    Friday, December 17, 2010

    nine (for mmm)

    it is the square
    of a perfect prime,
    one more than infinity
    forced to stand straight up.
    it shoots a longing glance
    toward the river
    of so many secrets.
    it is the intersection
    of two importantly dangerous highways.
    it is a dark and lonely road.
    it is our home.

     

    Thursday, December 16, 2010

    cold moon —
    the snap of a twig
    under my boot

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    Sunday, December 12, 2010

    December rain —
    the long night
    longer

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    Saturday, December 11, 2010

    two weeks before Christmas
    the search
    for the broken bulb

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    Friday, December 10, 2010

    snow flurries —
    the crackle
    of an old 78

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    Wednesday, December 08, 2010

    written aboard the Acela Express

    just outside New Haven
    the junkers piled
    three high

    New London winter —
    the gleam of pleasure boats
    wrapped in plastic

    now reaching top speed
    the conductor reminds us
    to read the safety card

    winter chill —
    shredded plastic
    in a barbed wire fence

     

    Tuesday, December 07, 2010

    lazy midtown morning —
    another layer of paint
    on the rusty fire escape

    lazy midtown morning —
    do those green copper gargoyles
    feel the cold?

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    Saturday, December 04, 2010

    new moon —
    my eldest grandchild
    turns four

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    Wednesday, December 01, 2010

    first of December —
    the darkness
    before dawn

    first of December —
    police tape clinging
    to a burned-out barn

    first of December —
    another cold cup
    of coffee

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