If Words Were Real Estate

Speak synergy to me

Words that bow tie me

to sunshine and don’t put

midnight on my tongue.

Knock judgment down

to a paint color other than bleak.

Spare me the claw…I’ll resist the thorn.

It takes one to change the conversation,

two to agree.

Tit for tat we’re better than that.

If words were real estate, how much would

you pay for a house full of windows

where bricks blocked every view?

 ©Susie Clevenger 2019

Real Toads ~ Tuesday Platform

Shallow End of Caffeine

“Meals make the society, hold the fabric together in lots of ways that were charming and interesting and intoxicating to me. The perfect meal, or the best meals, occur in a context that frequently has very little to do with the food itself.” Anthony Bourdain

This chipped coffee cup

was your favorite.

You liked its imperfections,

its history, broken pieces

glued by conversations..

life.. humanity.. miles.

You’d grin…Lift your cup

and joke it was impossible to break

something that couldn’t be fixed.

Hindsight is a blunt companion.

I swam the shallow end

of caffeine unaware

I was watching you drown.

©Susie Clevenger 2018

Friday 55 ~ 6/8/18