The past was built to last. I know.
So our history follows us. The used
To be is our now and we are tugged Towards what was. The emotional
Draw is strong, strange, electric as
Immediate as this morning's coffee.
It can cheer or haunt, that past of
Ours. I know. It is best to live with
No judgment, just our memories.
Who would you like to talk to soon?
We haven't spoken, you and I,
In what just feels like forever.
Let's talk. Soon. Okay? I miss
Hearing your voice. The sound
Is like ripples on a stream. Soft.
Soothing. I would say mellifluous.
It's ambiguous and uncertain
As is all life and living, yet the
Uncertainty makes for nerves,
Unsteadying my gait, changing
My pulse. My heart beats more
Insistently. Ambiguity is so grey.
It's washed out, and the edges
Are unclear. I long to be sure
What exactly will assure me?
His time is lost and eludes him.
Words are hard to find, but anger
Rises easily. Maybe it's all those
Missing words and the slipping
Time that make him mad. I know
It makes me sad and infuriates.
I feel unmoored. How must he be
Feeling? He's the one whose lost
Time and misplaced his thoughts.
How do you feel about cold weather?
*Too darn hot…
Cole Porter in Kiss Me Kate
Weather it's hot or
Whether it's not or
If I’m warm or feel
The cold, weather I
Like. The seasons I
Mean. What seasons
We have left to us. I
Mean spring when it's
Nice and no jacket is
Required or Autumn
When it's cool with a
Breeze.. I'm inspired.
Seasons are weather
Whether it's hot or if
It's not. Winter's chill
Is too cold until I'm in
My overcoat. Summer
When it's hot makes
Me long for the cold.
Weather it's discontent.
Whether it's hot or if
It's not. Too hot, too
Cold. Weather I like.
Tonight, the sun was a red so
Improbably fiery, it slipped
Outside of all memory. It was
As round as a beach ball but
Left the feel of a full moon in
Its passage across my near
Sky. Bright and beautiful it
Disappeared, peaking behind
Familiar buildings in its odd
And unfamiliar voyage. Red.
Not the red of sunsets but a
Big red setting sun filling my
Window with its unusual
Presence. No precedent for
A sun like this. Fiery and red.
How do you balance work and home life?
Up in the air, on a trapeze, on
A rope, rappelling a rocky
Mountain slope. It all makes
Me feel like a superstar. I can
Juggle, I can balance. I will
Get dinner on the table, wow
Them with my powerpoint. I
Keep work in the office, home
At home. That's balance. Peace.
What’s the oldest things you’re wearing today?
This old thing? Why, thank you.
I've had it for years. I guess I
Like it cause I wear it that often.
No. It's a knock-off. I bought
It on the street. In Soho. Long
Ago. It's beginning to fade.
I'm going to have to trade it
In for something that doesn't
Look so frayed, but I like it.
Every time I wear it, I think of
That summer day and walking
Around in Soho. Feeling the
Fabric on the cart and the sun
On my face. I remember how
Much we laughed that day, too.
I was with a special someone
That summer day. In Soho and
We walked arm in arm. In Soho.
Are you a leader or a follower?
I am thrilled to hear Carole King
Sing "where you lead, I will follow"
Every time the verse gets me to
Tap my toes. I follow along. I join
Her song. I sing with the track, my
Apologies for that; it's your song,
Ms King, your voice, your vision.
Let me just follow where you lead.
List your top 5 favorite fruits.
The peach, it's peachy
And summer fruit is the
Best. It's wonderful when
Summer is in your bowl
Or drips down the side of
Your mouth. Sweet and a
Little sassy. The tart plum
Brings more summer but
Is solid and stoic. Apricots
Have a sudden moment
When flavor is heightened.
Other seasons have a right
To their tastes like when a
Pear is perfect and ripe or
The perrenial apple makes
Its varietal abundance known.
Tamara, really