6.27.2007

Me and Bodhi Down By the Schoolyard

Bodhi and I have been going for walks every weekday at 6AM before I head off to work. That's the great part of long summer days.

-We've learned some strange things about the neighborhood and the people in it. People will tell you all kinds of stories when your dogs are playing in the baseball field. Apparently, there are a group of guys who play jai alai on the tennis courts hitting wall after midnight. They pull their cars up to the court and leave their headlights on to illuminate the court. They also bring their dinner and eat it while sitting on the hoods of their cars. It sounds wildly implausible to me, but it sounds so cool.

-Listen, lady, our dog is not named after Patrick Swayze's character in Point Break. Yes, it's the same spelling, but that's coincidence. Besides, if we'd wanted to name him after a Swayze character, we'd have picked Daulton. "Johnny Utah" would be a great name for a dog, just not this dog, ok?

6.05.2007

Poetry 365: Transition Point

There's a cherry blossom balance
where everything turns in again,
folding back into white flowers
and nothingness,
all as if spring
just happens by itself,
with no prompting by
rain clouds that move
like stones sliding
across the ice,
inning after inning.