Rivalry rears its ugly head
Sibling love
Strong, with strings attached,
tied
Tightly with bruised bonds,
bombing
set on mass destruction
Brutalized, black and blue bandaids
Beaten, Bitter hurt
HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT, HURT HURT
Painful cries
of kinship
family
Brothers and Sisters
Sandbox play, building castles in backyard boxing ring
Punching bag
Break through, breaking arms
Belting blows
With wind
knocked out
Breath
Flattened
Fighter remains
with worn out love handles

Your number one objective when leading/participating in a business meeting – whether you are joining in person or via online – is to set a tone of mutual respect across all group members.

Set that goal as the top priority among all meeting attendees and watch what amazing accomplishments will result from the session.

People can move mountains.

Coursing veins open round the clock for CBC samples
A pulse — steady, slow beat — spirals up the down spinal column,
leaking synovial fluid
to lubricate nervous system and ward off artery occlusion
Pinched nerves at the core plum line, centered
With heat generator set at 98.8 fahrenheit.
Hot flash
Hormonal fueled flow, monthly non-stop menopausal cramps
Rushing to itch unscratched surface  
Virginity intact, deflowerd
Resulting in full flush
Rosy, red cheeks
Rash
Shy smile
and cute dimples.

Rough undertow
Parted at center, with 52 split ends
A tidal wave of braided rope
Rushing ringlets
Buoyed and knotted by anchored pearls

Storm surge
a curly kinky raging tide
of fizzling, frantic frizz

Teased coarse tints
Form floating tufts
of bleached streaked faded color
Rippled whipped foam
Combing the salt-and-pepper surf
with furious tall crests, that crash
a hairy ebb and flow, brushing
sandy pink sloping shoulders

Wake up
It’s time
Short window
Ready to slam shut
Talk now or forever on hold

Outside
a dance leaps toward framed window
with perspective
Jumps to be seen, praised
Darts so as not to be recognized
Fearing rejection
Runs backwards
Performs headstand, upside down holds
posing to impress
Imposter
Double turns — even triples
Petite allegra, gone fat

Please
See, hear, Instruct, guide
Watch, love,
hold tight to

That paying pretty-smart trickster
that turns longingly, lovingly
Face plastered to the mirror and obligations
Deams of love
Lost, penetrating reflection
Showing weight gain
That presses heavy on heart
AttackIng beauty
And tall, thin pretty blondes

Waits
Sits on outside steps
sad, sorry, sweet attempts
Knocks, trying to be let in
but not the time
Do not disturb
Not the hour, not even one full hour.

Time Set, Set Time
Set to explode when dismissed
Get out, don’t budge
GET OUT! Stay put, don’t move
Line of fire — Rant, rage, rigorous
Stand, sit, lie down
Pay up
A Spent Ten Ton Terrified Tess
Leaving Fatty borrowed cellulite deposits

No turning back
Or lying
Tell truth
Straight talk, be sincere ALWAYS
little room for mistakes,

BIG ROOM
with a beating, measured pulse.
With Stopwatch that sounds
Guest cries
Miss a beat
Laundry, dirty, separating colors

Keep sacred this uneven match
Whose player wants to trust
But waits for betrayal
A painful sting
That draws out poison
Perhaps bringing full caring cure
Strength and smiles
Sunshine, deliverance

Or leaves
A tiny dot
That spreads wide, far

Offering Nothing
Blank
No one
No place
Nobody

Keep thinking about Milwaukee. I loved that city. There is something very special about it. Even the smell was distinct.
The breweries — that’s what it was! Everything smelled like beer.
In the four years that I lived there I never did develop a taste for beer.

In Milwaukee I had the best of both worlds. It’s a large enough city that things happened there, yet it’s small enough that it didn’t overwhelm me as New York City seems to do.

I left Milwaukee the same way I arrived — scared to death.
The flight home was miserable. I kept looking out the window hoping the plane would crash.
It didn’t.
I landed in Newark — safe — I don’t know how sound.

So here I am — 22 — and living in New Jersey.
Here I am — 22 — and ready to begin my life.
What have I been doing for the past 21 years if this is the beginning?
Better to call it a new beginning.
Beginnings are always hard — so I’ve been told, and I guess
beginning to realize.

“The decisions you make now are going to affect you for the rest of your life.”
God, they make you so afraid it’s getting hard for me to decide what to eat for lunch.

“What about marriage?”
Marriage scares the hell out of me.
“Then what about a career?”
A career scares the hell out of me.
“Well you better hurry up and decide.”
I thought I had all the time in the world.

A stranger, a woman, a blonde
smiles beautifully and says
Let’s partner to stay warm, while
waiting for the commuter train
eastward bound
to New York City

Together we find refuge
in the warmth of her car
A white Cadillac, a metal igloo
me on the ready
to run and catch a ride for two
waiting for the commuter train,
the Bergen Mainline
to New York City

Rail rattles, whistle blows
iron horse
roars into the station stop
All aboard!
I run, she laughs trailing close behind
The link is made
a Loving, Everlasting Connection
it happened, while
waiting for the commuter train
traveling across the Hudson
to New York City

Enter smart workspace
with centralized-laptop worship services held daily
anointed by streaming calendar alerts and delayed instant messages

Convenient overhead compartments
With mandatory locks
Jammed with electronics to wirelessly tap fluorescent overheads
exposing non-compliance

A digital hub
Sized to cramp clear connections
Block insurgent quick links

Ergonomic design, with adjustable chair
leveraging resources
that spin
with out of control pop-up menus
and teleconferencing guys and dolls

Outside this right-sized box
A network of e-rooms with carpeted, no-spill strategic floor plan
Designed to dull Desires
Deep, dark flash drives hidden from software downloads
inedible Blackberrys, Treos, iPhones

Following a standardized model, three-pronged best practice
that urgently reaches for left-hand toolbar navigation
and lunch-and-learn bits and bytes
Stopping to softly caress clickable Escape key

Virtual resident, surfs wild Web
Sits sad, sweet, sassy
Synched by remote work, fully chargeable
with utilization reports generating 24/7
Meeting goals, performance measured
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Processed
Set on Default
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