Nothing, but Everthing

Nothing much happened today.

Oh: except that I walked out

onto the deck

at 6:54 PM

and saw

this...

Pink Hippos, Etc.

I was trying to find some information about a particular non-toxic cleaning product on the National Geographic web site and was barraged with bizarre news headlines--whoa! A found poem, of sorts:

Pink Hippo Spotted in Kenya

Genetically Modified Canola Has Legs, Study Says

Oregano Moves Cows Toward Climate Neutral

The Great Gatsby, Revisited as Audiobook

At the kitchen counter

chopping vegetables

doing dishes

and looking out at the old avocado farm

across the canyon

and

in the car

driving up and down

Pacific Coast Highway

to appointments

school

and the store

I revisited

the careless people

the truthful

the hopeful

and the jaded

the glittering parties

the end of summer

and the rain

the green light at the end of the dock

and

boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.

Summer, Rewound

Hot sand.

A cooling high tide.

The glint and shimmer of the low-hanging sun

on windless waves.

Summer, rewound.

Heatwave

It's hot in the house

It's hot on the deck

It's hot at the beach

but the ocean is

cool and delicious

Banzai Bowls

Overheard:

So this is my second Banzai Bowl today.

Yeah? Is it good? Can I have a taste?

Yeah, and the girl who works there is good-looking.

Oh really?

Yeah.

Blessed

Coffee with my dad.

Birthday lunch for a girlfriend.

Dinner with my boys.

I am blessed.