Tulipomania

She sneaks into 

the butler’s pantry

and breaks the bowl 

off every stem.

[LSS, 10/29/20]

This, For Example

The red vacuum, 

which you left

on the stairs,

in your hurry to be 

out the door.

[LSS, 10/29/20]

It’s Not That

going alone is farfetched—  

and surely might be 

fabulous—it’s just that 

he can’t bear to leave her 

here in this Dutch landscape, 

forever planting bulbs.

[LSS, 10/29/20]