“Move the FRAME a little bit to the right, would you?” Walking forward, Tina tilted her head this way and that, trying to assess the newest acquisition in her over-the-top art collection. “I want everyone who comes in this room to COVET, to positively swoon with desire, to… Oh I don’t know. Be eaten up with it I guess.” I snorted in response. “C’mon, T, that attitude will just make them run for the EXITS, slide on the TILED floor, spilling TEPID expensive coffee on their Valentinos and Jimmy Choos. Is that really what you want?”

Georg’ann

Before dawn, air crisp
Crows are up early, so loud
in the tree behind our neighbor’s garage
they caw and flap
unsettled and unsettling
too numerous to COUNT
Heading for the TRAIL
I choose a circuitous route
avoiding the inevitable
white droppings of black birds
Today’s trek is long, will birds wait for my return
Greet me on my way back, claiming the reward
lingering in a bath while hot water slowly grows TEPID

Heather