a lone yellow zinnia
that came up from last year's seed
perky in the heat
~~~
humidity climbed
as the mercury dipped
Dow Jones plummeted
~~~
"Presidential Easing"
Punching
holes in Arctic
seabed by drilling wells
granted conditionally to
Dutch Shell.
~~~
"Polygamist"
Creaking
wooden benches
brimming with spectators
the only noise in the courtroom
when Jeffs,
silent,
was convicted
of assaulting two young
girl brides and "teaching" them how to
"please God."
~~~
Ironing
board, brought down from
the attic, held a shock:
a crease in the foam padding hid
mouse pills.
~~~
Smoking
on one section
of a Provence beach banned.
Scofflaws risk a fifty-dollar
fining.
~~~
only three blooms
but two-dozen pink buds
on the birthday plant
c August 2011 by Pat Laster
dba lovepat press
See Amazon.com or B&N for my first novel,
A Journey of Choice
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