Andal

(After Andal)


The small, breeze-colored day

the design and dance of water

thoughts are jasmine 

and mint

In the pounce of moonlight

what to think 

Yearning summons 

from a distance of days 

The ways of the evening

settle and fly like birds

Krishna, Krishna

Where are you?

I miss... I wish 

to hear your words again 

to feel the kiss of the flute

warmed by your breath


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Mourning

The dead begin 

to forget us 

call, answer

don't let go

stay under sky's 

umbrella

beat entreaty

speak like echoes

in the new 

and unknown

the strange pucker 

and kiss of stars

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Sorry

1. Charlotte Bacon, 6 
2. Daniel Barden, 7 
3. Olivia Engel, 6 
4. Josephine Gay, 7 
5. Ana M. Marquez-Greene, 6 
6. Dylan Hockley, 6 
7. Madeleine F. Hsu, 6
8. Catherine V. Hubbard, 6 
9. Chase Kowalski, 7 
10. Jesse Lewis, 6 
11. James Mattioli, 6 
12. Grace McDonnell, 7 
13. Emilie Parker, 6 
14. Jack Pinto, 6 
15. Noah Pozner, 6 
16. Caroline Previdi, 6 
17. Jessica Rekos, 6 
18. Avielle Richman, 6 
19. Benjamin Wheeler, 6 
20. Allison N. Wyatt, 6
21. Rachel Davino, 29
22. Dawn Hochsprung, 47, principal 
23. Anne Marie Murphy, 52, special education teacher 
24. Lauren Rousseau, 30, teacher
25. Mary Sherlach, 56, school psychologist 
26. Victoria Soto, 27, first grade teacher

Together...

I love this.

Happy Diwali Light!


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Meanwhile, over at ye olde claw machine...

The "pick me" line is inevitable. But mostly,  I'm finding the rendering of the Prez strange and problematic...

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39 Candles

Happy Birthday, Big Dog!

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Happy Hero

Both kids have been fairly spidey obsessed. This is is the five-year-old Nu's SECOND Spiderhero-themed birthday. (At had FIVE; oy, yes.)

Nu and her superhero friend.

That silly Spidey--he crashed into the bottom of the cake again!

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