Black flies buzz my head

Black flies buzz my head –

above the ridge a condor

circles…

An old one from our time in Big Sur. Published in The Big Sur Round-Up in October 2011.

All Hallows Day

All Hallows Day,

I wake with sun in my eyes,

swatting at flies!

Through my window

Through my window
mountains and sky
smeared by the gore
of smashed flies.

I am a man

I am a man,
swatter in hand –
death to flies
as I fly to death.