~ Dialing. Ringing. Answer. Hello. May I help you? Yes, please. I would like to schedule an inspection, for fireplace conversion. What kind of work is that? I don’t know. Haven’t a clue. Is it plumbing? Yeah. That sounds about right. Okay. Hold on then. I’ll transfer you to the inspector. Dialing. Ringing. Answer. […] Continue reading
~ he was alone, as everyone is; and will be ’til each one will end. and wherever he roam, he’ll return to home; to his mind, where we find it begin. the reality though, he simply won’t go to the places that will not exist. […] Continue reading
~ I never knew much of celebrity; I never was “up on the times.” Much too much busy after a war, Getting re-fitted on Uncle Sam’s dime. An Academe, a Labyrinthine; Lost in the Halls of all Arts & Letters. A Theseus, of sorts, A […] Continue reading
~ This page of paper these pencil prints now on an iPad in pixelized bits symbolic notations dark hieroglyphs a meaning a message a hand pictograph a sign signified an idiot code signs imply signals significance […] Continue reading
~ Nine-Seven-Eight Sits on a corner, A city, a street, Somewhere. A high wooden fence Surrounds The grounds: A compound In semblance In air. Nine-Seven-Eight. No one seems home. But people Do live there, I swear! It’s quiet, Threadbare, And gone in the bone: […] Continue reading
…. It’s a long, long way to yesterday, a whole lot of water now gone. An uncle once said, It”s been a good day. It comes out in the wash when all done. ~ There are triolets here, a couple more there – then, bit by bit, disappear. I remember it most, the Real wholly […] Continue reading
…. I moved to the East where they ex-wife had brought me because she so hated New Mexico. Some folk are like that wherever they go. But I fit in easy, lizard-like so. So I came to Virginia just ‘out of the blue.’ But really, a ‘toss up’ twixt two States I knew. […] Continue reading
For Billy Collins …. He says he counts syllables. But I don’t think so. I’ve yet to see something Written with Mo. Oh yes, it is funny, Big laughs as you go. But rhythm and rhyme To find in his […] Continue reading
…. The mother of someone was onetime a flame. The father, a cowboy seeking his fame. And someone will grow up to do the same thing. She might say, “I’ll throw up!” Exclaim his disclaim. Yet, that’s how it ends up: Familiar the ring, […] Continue reading
…. The grass shone green and long and lean, the sunshine made us still strong. Each day seemed best, one followed the rest: The light in Austin was long. Even the winter the weather was warm, November was not an exception. The weather as such, […] Continue reading
~ A war is proceeding, It’s not “Over There.” No drums Nor bugles, No Standards to bear. Just back-alley deals, And clandestine dares. One troop in trouble, A rupture is near. It’s foe, though out-numbered, The club doesn’t care. The Business of business, A sordid affair. The loss through this all, A […] Continue reading
~ over the phone by lines or through air DSL Digital synthetic nature sound on a surface glint from a glare a wink on a straight face amazing culture moment to moment something to share then slowly but surely something stays there but moment by moment the […] Continue reading
~ “You know, Ward,” says June to husband Ward Cleaver, “last night you were hard on the Beaver.” After the laughter and snicker die down, I can hear from behind me an audible sound where a family surrounds their car on a lot, a fast-food diner, where I hear them […] Continue reading
III. A Colony Lost ~ Three generations, from Oñate to here, Sixteen-Eighty, and the changes appear: Caste system conflict among three estates – Religious, Government, and the Colonists – coupled with Distance, which turns to Neglect and Form follows Function to change and correct. The land was harsh – this has its own […] Continue reading
~ The Culture Wars descend upon us – The Tower of Babel’s not dead! A culture ‘of’ war is one from the many, saint James, unacknowledged, it’s head. Digitized data and information fast forwards the future ahead. A hidden hand hides all of the […] Continue reading
Tink's ChapBlog ~ Tales of the Tribe. Mythopoeic Verse 