Keflavik

staying up all night
watching the light and the clock
our time feels longer

redrum

empty corridor
in an off-season hotel
a few creepy guests

an abomination

Iceland's favorite:
chocolate and liquorice
an unholy mix

Blue Lagoon

lava fields surround
milky, steaming hot waters
of luminous blue

to Iceland

we'll be together
amongst geysers, lava fields,
waterfalls, basalt

I dream of puffins

small black and white birds
adorned with clownish makeup
nested on the cliffs

happy birthday Jonathan

somewhere in Vermont
my grad school roommate, "Pookie",
is turning fifty

T-Motini

signature cocktails
are a sure sign you've paid an
agency too much

garden variety

I would tend to you
the pumpkin in my garden
nurture you with love

traffic meeting

each taking their turn
outlining the week ahead
some busy, some not

slow Sunday

a banging headache
aching neck, dodgy stomach
last night's memories

Space Needle

sometimes my ideas
are challenging to translate
to reality

Macbeth

walls running with blood
pointlessly shifted rocks and
no cauldron at all

desktop elephant

tiny pachyderm
shuffling amongst the papers
bringing me a pen

Herman the German Giant

twenty-pound rabbit
massive feet, toes splayed, embraced
by a smiling man

silent morning

an empty office
pale light streaming through windows
waking up slowly

happy '6-month-aversary'

this tiresome distance
cannot diminish the love
that I feel for you

tomorrow...

in our first half year
we've only spent, in total
two months together

spring, finally

growing warm outside
good to finally feel the
mercury rising

"teambuilding" day II

cynical armor
semi-permeable skin
renders me immune