Speculative

I sat in the sun as a little boy played

He built his sandcastle with his blue bucket and spade...

Equals twenty one thirty 22:30 military time
future time traveler looks back one century ago,...

There is a bright, blinking beacon, from a lonely lighthouse beaming at me

Steadfast on those...

Daddy made him paper planes when he was just a little boy

And these hand crafted Sky rockets were...

Oh Pinocchio please stop telling little white lies

Your nose has grown so long now, I bet you can...

Nursery Fiddledeedee?

Humpty Dumpty knocked on Jack’s door, he had fallen off a wall again, so his...

We funnelled our way up through tunnels on your magical carpet ride

Blinking as all those sparking...

Pretty purple heather, Skylarks singing on the wings

Sparkling stars betwixt blinking blings...

posted precious present envelope of distant narrow darkest trembling thought
miniature ballet of...

and ewe know what else...
furloughed & barred from Whitehouse

Ducks of former self...

Don’t frown your silk skinned face
It’s supposed to last for many days
Wrinkles crack and...

When I am no more?

Who will cook in this kitchen when I am no more?

Who will wander...

Oh Mermaid and Merman
I have seen you in my dreams

Your tails are bright and beautiful...

She was tongue tied, too shocked to even speak

As he mounted off his wonderful white stallion, and...

Yours truly (an amazingly,
gracefully, and markedly modest
passively aging baby boomer -...

Like eyes staring out through glass
Watching life unfold, blinking
Like it’s all filtered...

She was on edge and apprehensive when she heard the Postman’s van

Tho she tried her best to hide...