Mama and I sat on a burping bus full of chickens in cages, and round-eyed babies on round mothers' laps. (The Pinata-Maker's Daughter)

Heavy as such things areAfter the wordslide, the writing begins."From "Word Quake

to split the very sea into ours and theirs." Border at the BeachAnd More White Sheets

pencils racing across paper, a sound I like." Marisol

Aw honey. Today's as important as forever." Grandpa Joe in "Shave and a Haircut" Flash Warden and Other Stories

A few blossoms float into the room. They drop like frayed yellow ribbons on the gray carpet.

Something in the air this morning made me feel like flying. . . "Spring Flight

Today I will find something beautiful.Delicate pink blossoms on a cherry tree.The dove resting near the lemon buds.Sunbeams smiling from sky to earth.Smiling on me."Creating" in BREATHE IN

I never tired of picturing sharks.

Step-parents, those fairy tale villains, Have been given a bad name.They're easy targets.When the family goes awryHow easy to blame them.I was blessed by the right steps...

A dog's good for filling a grief-dug hole.""In the Shape of Shep

I prefer neurotic people. I like to hear rumblings beneath the surface.

You became the sonnet that was etched in my minds eye. Existing outside the dreams we shared in the presence of our eternal love.

It's because even a good man can't always be right, that we need ... rules.

How exhausted I am suddenly!—though this has been Ray’s best day in the hospital so far, and we are feeling—almost—exhilarated.

The frontiers of our dreams always converge with reality.

Cannabis, just like morphine, has its usage in medicine. It's unpardonable that authorities forbid sick people access to this medicament and in majesty of law permit to sell cigarettes.

It's like holding a hot coal in your hand, it just burns you, it doesn't do me any good.

Everything amounts to nothing if you don't love someone or something.

Not till the end of the war will there be any time for art or love or magic again. Perhaps never again.

What says the law? You will not kill. How does it say it? By killing!