Patience

Waxwing Weekend was
wonderful, but for the fact
it lacked for waxwings.
Not one called in–holding out
until all cherries go black.

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In Suspense

Ready and waiting;
Camera battery charged,
For Waxwing Weekend.
Pendulous berries alter
The shape of my Shubert tree.

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Bitten

Vampire came last night,
left his teeth marks on my arm,
or it might have been
a harmless spider, taking
himself a tasty wee bite. 

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Instrumental

It’s painstaking; my
fingers’ tips are calloused from
ukulele-strings,
but my heartbeat hums along–
resonating with each strum.

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Road Block

Pulled a sharp “u-ey”
on the main drag, to rescue
a curbed box turtle.
Lorry was heading his way;
Not sorry I stopped traffic.

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