May 1, 2023

MOSQUITO

 

Mosquito ….

I was about to chase you down-

and kill you – and that would be that –

and I would continue doing my nothings ….

But no, I decided to get my window open

and my screen up and watch you fly  out

Into the world – with my blood in your belly.

Hope you remember me – and I hope

next time, you land on a race horse –

or a fox or a giraffe or a gorilla.

Any of those would certainly be

be a lot more interesting

than just me in your belly.

Me ….

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 May 2, 2023 

Quote for Today

"Be nice to people on your way up because you'll meet 'em on your way down."

Wilson Mizner in Alva Johnston,

The Legendary Mizners (1953) chap. 3

 May 1, 2023

Quote for Today

Quote for Today

"I don't consider myself a pessimist. I think of a pessimist  as someone waiting for it to rain. And i feel soaked to the skin." 

Leonard Cohen 

April 30, 2023

WARNING

 

There were a lot of warnings

in the air – but I wasn’t looking

for or at them: breathing problems -

wrinkled skin – a fat belly –

a train whistle – there were

no lights on this street – and

I had to get to the end of it -

and it was night – right now.

So do I do the usual or do I

put one foot in front of the other

and start some serious walking -

looking over my shoulder, of course,

 

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 April  30, 2023

Quote for Today 

"For hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law  eternal."

Buddhism, Dhammapada, v. 14

 April 29, 2023

 

SUNLIGHT

 

Sunlight - like a fly - flies around

and settles on this and settles on that.

A moment here and a moment there….

I see it on leaves and rocks. I see it

on the hair of terriers and poodles.

The sparkle of sunlight seems to be

waiting to put what's around us in

the limelight. Better get outside and look – 

all this is time sensitive – yet what's 

around us doesn’t look too bad 

in the Spring or Summer rain.

Autumn and snow? Oh no! Unless

you’re working on becoming a poet.

 .

© Reflections, Andy Costello

 

 April 29, 2023

Quote for Today

"If you have not often felt the joy of  doing a kind act, you have neglected much, and most of all yourself."

  A Neilen