APAD 26: Ghost Signs

Ghost SignsOn side walls and above awningsthey entice you to share a pot of teaoffer outwear and underwearspruik their fresh cutsboast the best beer promise to paint and decorate your homeThey are letters from long agofading whispersfrom yesterday

Sky Diver

 About a year ago, I made a mistake. I mentioned that I’d considered doing a sky dive. There was another part to that sentence that went something along the lines of … but I’m not sure I’m game … yano … it was a passing thought, not...

APAD 24: Diving

DivingYesterdayClip harness here here and herepractice take-off and landingreverse sardine into plane bellyup, up and awaylift the rolladoorone two three diversvanishshuffle to the edge of the cabintuck feet outside under the planefallface down fast then float this...

APAD 23: Progress

ProgressThey built canalsdug through fields and stonepeat and grasslandinland, inlandto carry lumber into carry food crops outso the ships that brought the lumbermight carry produce aplenty  years it took, yearsdig, dig, digElsewhere others dug dug duglaying steel...

APAD 22: Oops!

Oops!When I runUp to 90 kphmy wings might keep me groundedtoo small for flyinggreat for stabilitymy black feathers may flyI’m a fully-grown malebut still my petticoat slips