041421b

 

talking together

for the first time in a year

restaurants we've missed

041421

 

a year without love

brown leaves litter the desk when

I unlock the door

 

090320d

 

life-size crocheted octopus

I asked for a colossal squid

but no love so far

011820

where is my desk
the clutter is layers deep
and no wood shows

122618

new leaves grow
on the office vine
emerald unfurls

070518b

I keep thinking the vine in my office
now 13 feet long
will run out of steam
but it's like the Energizer Bunny
except with more leaves

070218

vine marches on
so long it needs a name
how bout Hannibal

042418c

shoe in front
of the new file cabinet
no sign of prof Jones

122017c

My office vine is now nearly 10 feet long. It has an amazing ability to transport water through that little green pipe. And it produces a new leaf every few days. just think what I could do with a kudzu plant!

kudzu didn't eat Alabama
it drew up a green cover
a cozy for trees and abandoned buildings
a blanket that disappears in winter
returning every summer
need it or not

111317b

plant
marches on
across the desk

102017b

meanwhile
the Pothos marches on
greening the desk

100317b

office vine races against herself
the green branch puts out leaves
like nobody's business, as grandma said
the variegated branch, so stylish, likes to tease
or maybe just isn't sucking in as much energy
through leaves that are half for show
and only half for business
in this case
not only does the right hand not know what the left is doing
neither of them knows anything at all
yet still they move

092517b

vine
pushes out
a new leaf

092117b

stealing a bookcase
from a colleague
how low can you go?

090517c

Stretched out straight the longest vine of my office plant would be at least 8 feet long. The end is now 6 feet from the wall. It produces a new leaf about every four or five days. We wait with baited breath for it to speak. We pray that it asks for a hamburger or anything else that is no longer alive.

Thing 2 after a long delay

Did you think it was dead?

052217b

Not a good photographer...

050917b

vine ups periscope
from beyond the paper stack
five year mission

050217

shrinking from the vine
the succulent cannot escape
                                                  its terrible speed
the ferocious unfurling
blots out the sun
why can't we all
just get along?

Thing 2