Small stone - Jan 30

Banana pudding
So what I already ate?
Don't want to be rude...

Small stone - Jan 29

Freshly fallen snow
Layer of ice lurks beneath
I can't keep my feet.

Small stone - Jan 28

At halftime the girl's team all come onto the court.

They grab the practice balls from behind the boys'
bench and try to palm the ball. One girl can do it,
showing off her blue nails, others spill the ball,
and one simply holds hers in an upturned hand.
Laughing, they pose for a photo, then scatter
as the boys reemerge from the locker room.

Small stone - Jan 27

From below the polished wood of the bar
the man in dreadlocks pulls a gleaming can.
The first taste of Strongbow hits my brain
with a buzz that makes everything seem better.

Small stone - Jan 26

Thousands of CDs to catalog
gifted children of hard labor and hope
now sloughed off in stacks of arbitrary value
Ten dollars, five dollars, one dollar
Free.

Small stone - Jan 25

The basketball coach is a colossus,
fully six-feet-seven. Yet he stoops
his head, pulls his limbs inward, like
a box turtle in a giant green turtleneck.

Small stone - Jan 24

In a darkened hallway somthing sharp
bites into my bare left foot.
Reaching down, I discover one half
of a dull white tooth...