This morning I cleaned up after 2 floods before 7:30am:
1. The toilet upstairs overflowing and leaking through the bathroom ceiling below…again.
2. The coffee maker at work was set up for 2 pots…and nobody had stuck around to swap out the pots. So, I spent my first 10 minutes in the office soaking up an enormous puddle [...]
Archive for February, 2008
Below Zero and Flooding…
Posted in Story on February 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Steady
Posted in Thought on February 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
This is all new to me
Love used to be a petticoat, some railroad tracks and a villain in black
Moments that were fleeting, involving
Exasperated sighs and desperate behavior
Now it is the shade of red the Minnesota winter has colored your skin
As you try to catch up with me
Stubbornly
Walking away
It is the look on your face a [...]