Descendants of Daedalus

With all due respect, sun 

Please no deviations— 

Just keep waxing pretty

As she goes, I know 

It's a maze but here we are

Doing downright nicely by you

Just as you are. 

Deception Pass

A poem trying to be 

So clear and rarefied, 

Even a fumbler could see 

Right through it. 

Dedicated to the One I Love

Narciss, it’s beyond 

Your comprehension— 

No poem is more beautiful 

Than the one being 

Read by the light 

Of your eyes. 

Greek-American Gambler Wins Precious Bride Hands Down

Dad may have returned flat 

Broke to Greece in 1936 

But he was still 

An ace at bluffing: 

Whenever he finished 

Dancing at village fairs, 

He’d dig into his pockets 

And throw a handful 

Of pennies into the air. 

Everybody thought 

He was flush with cash, 

Mom’s poor parents, too. 

Birdbrain

Thank God, I’m a teetotaler— 

All this twitter’s enough 

To drive one to think.