Composed 9/7/17
Description: A belated response to the Daily Prompt: Anticipate.
If only I could anticipate your conversations
I could practice interactions to simulate elation
For I yearn to be in your good graces
To be admired — not one of a million faces
All I can do is watch your reactions
But I black out after failures to muster attraction
They seem to offer only confirmation
That your mind is engaged with other fixations
Composed 9/29/16
Description: It’s been awhile, but the words still jump out at me, especially now that autumn calls!
When cigarette and coffee smoke
Are dancing in the air
When schools of people swarm around
Like you’re not even there
When police patrols and flashing lights
Set hearts a-pounding, scared
When hot asphalt, manicured grass
The cool breeze makes aware
It’s then you pull your jacket tight
Walk like a queen and dare
It’s like something could happen
And even if it never does
You still have now begun the dream
And you still feel it
There
On your skin
Scraps of Paper 