Bookstore Dilemma
Barnes and Noble
bookstore browsed—
the smell of new books
and coffee brewed,
tasty poetry books to peruse.
Poetry books
on fifteen shelves:
which one? which one?
My wallet wants to force a choice:
just one! just one!
Louise Gluck or Santoka Taneda
which one? which one?
Hungry to meet and hear from them;
[ignoring my wallet's advice]
I bought Both!
Books are alive and talk repeatedly.
25 Steps and Beyond: Collected Works
US Highway 99 and Interstate 5
Cuttings: Haiku, Short Verses, Epigrams
