March

This March came in like
Frozen fish sticks and left like
Vanilla pudding

Greenery

Optimism is
The first buds of Spring sprouting
When it's still cold out

Fire Engine Red

His life ambition
For when he grew up was to
Become a fire truck

- for Matthew Lymer.

Grocery

I feel sorry for
All the food no one chooses
Wallflower produce

A Dry Cough

A bad time to have
A coughing fit is during
Someone's heartfelt speech

No Insects Were Harmed

A fly let loose in
The apartment keeps the cats
Entertained for hours

Early Take on Genetics

I thought that if I
Was painted green while pregnant
My child would be green

Transmission

Pollen is to the
Spread of flowers what coughing
Is to viruses

Conspiracy

I’ve been attacked by
Several strains of cold bugs
It’s an illness plot

The Chills

The common cold is
Deceptively treated like
It’s a mild illness

Truffle

In the damp basement
I’m thriving like a mushroom
Hey, I’m a fungi

Infiltration

Last night I dreamt of
Rewriting a sleep Haiku,
Syllable Panic

Plus and Minus

Math done by artists:
Most beautiful solution
For an equation

The Window

Defenestration:
How to throw out stuff and gain
Air-conditioning

Withdrawal

Without you, caffeine,
I have headaches and fatigue
Let’s not fight again

Heroic Effort

Cat hair's everywhere
Cleaning it up calls for the
Vacuum's finest hour

Smell

The Olfactory
Is a processing plant where
Scent becomes a sense

My Amusement Ride

Driving in the bus
Terminal is like riding
The Tunnel of Love

The Nightmare of Layers

A masked man who pulled
Off his disguises until
There was nothing left

Why I Wait

My bus driver thinks
That schedules and timeliness
Are just quaint notions