tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-74598436512858928902024-02-08T18:12:37.431-08:00Turbulent Flow - Patterns from ChaosAn unstructured attempt to make writing - any kind of writing - a regular part of my day...in the seclusion and privacy of the internet.
The chaos part will become evident straight away.Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.comBlogger427125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-68580545739974483142023-01-27T14:38:00.000-08:002023-01-27T14:38:49.864-08:00okay<p>I am enveloped by a film<br />it's paper thin and brittle<br /></p><p>the slightest poke will make it tear<br />and leak venom and spittle<br /></p><p>the leakage gets on everything<br />it's caustic and it burns<br /><br />and when I try to clean it up<br />it spreads at every turn</p><p>making all that's good and fair<br />a pestilential goo<br /><br />unless I keep control of it<br />it just might get on you<br /><br />and so I sit<br />perfectly still<br /><br />to keep myself at bay<br />and ponder what's<br /><br />inside this film<br />the one I call okay<br /><br />© 2023 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></p>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-4818498216782334932022-08-18T15:12:00.001-07:002022-08-18T15:13:05.877-07:00anticipation<p>stone passes<br />wonder colors relief<br />lurkers at the wake</p><p>© 2022 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</p>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-5635297459203533952022-07-27T13:46:00.005-07:002022-07-27T13:46:55.073-07:00context<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">a soup sandwich …<br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small;">let that marinate</span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">is not that bad<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">in fact it’s rather good<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">when served in a bowl<br />with a spoon<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">toasted please</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; margin: 0px;">© 2022 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</p>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-20860788055940838292022-01-31T16:31:00.000-08:002022-01-31T16:31:37.284-08:00non sequiturglobal pandemic<div>environmental collapse</div><div>inequality</div><div>certainly priorities</div><div>at which egos seem to balk</div><div><br></div><div>© 2022 Frederick Andrew~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-33483930814155483442022-01-31T11:58:00.001-08:002022-01-31T11:58:10.524-08:00slippery slopea little nuance<div>allowing you to infer</div><div>your heart's desire</div><div><br></div><div>© 2022 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-59015144822291281922021-10-28T09:54:00.002-07:002021-10-28T09:59:25.229-07:00Redpossessing quiet competence she flies<div>and touches lives</div><div>she touches lives across the enterprise</div><div>for good</div><div>invariably for good</div><div>when all is done and said</div><div><br></div><div>then again with quiet competence she flies</div><div>and leaves our eyes</div><div>she leaves our eyes with tears</div><div>and a reflected touch of red</div><div>invariably good</div><div>she is</div><div>when all is done and said</div><div><br></div><div>© 2021 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div><div><br></div><div>Inspired by and for Erin Holmes.</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-1445703553361063482021-05-31T08:38:00.000-07:002021-05-31T08:38:47.335-07:00in which we learn from our mistakes<p dir="ltr">sometimes the cream<br>
that rises up<br>
is little more than scum</p>
<p dir="ltr">contaminates<br>
both left and right<br>
and beats an evil drum</p>
<p dir="ltr">divisive and<br>
exclusionary<br>
fomenting lies and hate</p>
<p dir="ltr">distracting from<br>
the work at hand<br>
with spin that won't abate</p>
<p dir="ltr">while tendrils<br>
quietly invade<br>
and suck the body dry</p>
<p dir="ltr">naught but a<br>
monumental<br>
husk remaining to decry</p>
<p dir="ltr">the narcissistic<br>
suffocating<br>
self promoting lot</p>
<p dir="ltr">we let engage<br>
our baser selves<br>
while they float up on top</p>
<p dir="ltr">---</p>
<p dir="ltr">how can we<br>
overcome this spiral<br>
vampiric decay</p>
<p dir="ltr">first pause and breathe<br>
remembering<br>
kindness wins the day</p>
<p dir="ltr">in every<br>
interaction<br>
be it large or be it small</p>
<p dir="ltr">the path to kindness<br>
must be clear<br>
or else we take the fall</p>
<p dir="ltr">and darkness<br>
tempered not by stars<br>
becomes our promised land</p>
<p dir="ltr">---</p>
<p dir="ltr">when leaders we've<br>
anointed channel<br>
orange hate and fear</p>
<p dir="ltr">they threaten<br>
with their sneers and smirks<br>
the things we hold</p>
<p dir="ltr">most dear<br>
the freedom to be<br>
who we are</p>
<p dir="ltr">despite prevail-<br>
ing preferences<br>
and sensibilities</p>
<p dir="ltr">these leaders as<br>
they beat their drums<br>
forfeit our fealty</p>
<p dir="ltr">and represent<br>
not progress but<br>
a selfish reality</p>
<p dir="ltr">which we taking<br>
the higher road<br>
vote irrelevancy</p>
<p dir="ltr">in favor of<br>
the kindness which<br>
our legacy becomes</p>
<p dir="ltr">in knowing there<br>
is always time<br>
to just vote out<br>
the <u>bums</u></p>
Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-70557257982529078182021-05-23T04:01:00.000-07:002021-05-23T04:01:49.502-07:00active listening<p style="text-align: center;"> static-ful broadcast<br />fiddling knob mindfully<br />clarity blossoms</p><p style="text-align: left;">© 2021 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</p><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-19680895219936422152021-04-25T13:22:00.002-07:002021-05-23T04:00:41.878-07:00block<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: inherit; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;">there was a time</span></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="47mo9-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="47mo9-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="47mo9-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">when I was mired</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="es0ih-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="es0ih-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="es0ih-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">not</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="9dbhi-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="9dbhi-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="9dbhi-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">with false starts</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="dmhkf-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="dmhkf-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="dmhkf-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">hopes burned hot and fast</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="3mrqq-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3mrqq-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3mrqq-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">to ash</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="3g3dj-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3g3dj-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3g3dj-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="80sfh-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="80sfh-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="80sfh-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">but</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="3g65-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="3g65-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="3g65-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">with</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="fv28b-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="fv28b-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="fv28b-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">a carpal cramp</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="ap3mm-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="ap3mm-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="ap3mm-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">born of an overflowing pen</span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="7at8e-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="7at8e-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="7at8e-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br data-text="true" /></span></div></div><div data-block="true" data-editor="2qua5" data-offset-key="k4s0-0-0" style="background-color: #f0f2f5; color: #050505; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="k4s0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="k4s0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;">not today</span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="k4s0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span data-offset-key="k4s0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-small;"><br /></span></div><div class="_1mf _1mj" data-offset-key="k4s0-0-0" style="direction: ltr; font-family: inherit; position: relative;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span data-offset-key="k4s0-0-0" style="font-family: inherit;">©2021 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</span></span></div></div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-20564159127590487832021-04-18T10:42:00.001-07:002021-04-25T04:10:00.354-07:00fib<div style="text-align: center;"> small</div><div style="text-align: center;">lie</div><div style="text-align: center;">with no</div><div style="text-align: center;">clear malice</div><div style="text-align: center;">at least by intent</div><div style="text-align: center;">that's how my mom would describe it</div><div style="text-align: center;">she was always right</div><div style="text-align: center;">and pretty</div><div style="text-align: center;">like</div><div style="text-align: center;">you</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">© 2021 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-21663143356832780272021-02-28T05:45:00.002-08:002021-02-28T05:45:49.255-08:00chasm<p>what exactly is it<br />when each action each embrace<br />whether words or something deeper<br />formed within the tactile space</p><p>is delayed by second guessing<br />calculation out of fear<br />there'll be no reciprocation<br />that the end is so damn near</p><p>what exactly is it<br />love<br />or something less sincere<br /><br />© 2021 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</p><p>Inspired by Kris Sasa's <b><i>What's This Love?</i></b></p>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-4182395101627596442021-01-30T09:42:00.000-08:002021-01-30T09:42:05.233-08:00corporate triptych<div style="text-align: center;"> I</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />dearly desired<br />corporate transparency<br />simple elegance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">II</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">routinely touted</div><div style="text-align: center;">corporate transparency</div><div style="text-align: center;">Goldberg elegance</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">III</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">typically seen</div><div style="text-align: center;">corporate intransigence</div><div style="text-align: center;">eternal collapse</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span></span><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">© 2021 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-82774138579383327062021-01-13T16:45:00.000-08:002021-01-13T16:45:29.352-08:00blindspots<div style="text-align: left;">pizza</div><div style="text-align: left;">coffee</div><div style="text-align: left;">ice cream</div><div style="text-align: left;">universal constants</div><div style="text-align: left;">hinge pins aligning an infinity of diversities</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">almost</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">for me pineapple goes with the third</div><div style="text-align: left;">decidedly NOT the first</div><div style="text-align: left;">though I won't turn it away (no bad pizza)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">cream only in the second</div><div style="text-align: left;">except for the rare molasses dalliance</div><div style="text-align: left;">I do like a little creole now and again</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">the third</div><div style="text-align: left;">well</div><div style="text-align: left;">erotica is in the same ballpark</div><div style="text-align: left;">partial to coffee</div><div style="text-align: left;">chocolate</div><div style="text-align: left;">mint</div><div style="text-align: left;">cookie dough</div><div style="text-align: left;">ginger</div><div style="text-align: left;">even neopolitan will do</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">beyond these preferences</div><div style="text-align: left;">blindspots I might be willing to explore</div><div style="text-align: left;">come along</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br></div><div style="text-align: left;">© 2021 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-29421511550957899092020-10-24T14:17:00.002-07:002020-10-24T14:17:15.852-07:00flight deck<p><span data-offset-key="ef0pu-1-0" style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space: pre-wrap;"><span data-text="true" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit;">the forge and foundry
of my literary craft
where the words ignite
with the help of family
breaking bonds of gravity
© 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</span></span></p>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-56967749678767953212020-09-20T05:55:00.001-07:002020-09-20T05:55:28.447-07:00brewingpast the perc-a-burp<div>heralding near readiness to pour</div><div>the morning's first assault on sentience</div><div><br></div><div>coffee maker's soundscape takes a turn</div><div>toward understatement</div><div>scaling back as if to soothe the re-emergence</div><div>of gentility</div><div><br></div><div>with decrescendo susurrus</div><div>between the quietudes</div><div>reminiscent of the surf intruding on a nap</div><div><br></div><div>© 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-74568202385254505712020-08-08T15:00:00.002-07:002020-08-08T15:04:39.813-07:00greater milieuso many stones I've thrown into the sea<div>how many have washed back ashore to me</div><div>etched with the tales of marine escapades</div><div>and edges softened by time tide and waves</div><div><br /></div><div>my beach'ed strolls I mull through candidates</div><div>but never wondered which chose to retrace</div><div>the arcing path I'd hurled them on before</div><div>to surface skip or plunge to ocean floor</div><div><br /></div><div>relationships are often viewed the same</div><div>where clinical detachment serves as frame-</div><div>work of derived professional design</div><div>and personal kneels to the business shrine</div><div><br /></div><div>perhaps our sandy strolls would better end</div><div>if stones encountered were viewed as old friends</div><div><br /></div><div>© 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-71182917386112316642020-07-26T13:19:00.001-07:002020-07-26T13:20:11.684-07:00deja vuchosen carefully<div>stones I've skipped into the sea</div><div>do time and tide and waves agree</div><div>to wash some back ashore to me</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-51090355076651514682020-07-12T04:27:00.001-07:002020-07-12T04:27:38.549-07:00sultryhumidity<div>by any other name</div><div>is nothing more or less</div><div>than rain</div><div><br></div><div>©2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-33708784540074028982020-07-05T08:46:00.001-07:002020-07-05T08:46:37.828-07:00treasurecunning little snippets rolling fairly off the tongue<div>embedded in a rhythm with a rhyme of some or none</div><div>imbued with inner vision where the sum of two is one</div><div>unless the one becomes the two deriving half the fun</div><div><br /></div><div>nonsensical or laden with an inconvenient truth</div><div>is it just a bit of wordplay or shouted theses from the roof</div><div>or 95 nailed to the door a schism it might seem</div><div>resolving into healing words, a King who had a dream</div><div>the two again become the one though centuries divide</div><div>alike much more than different when stripped of foolish pride</div><div><br /></div><div>but I digress</div><div>or do I</div><div><br /></div><div>the joy of doing should eclipse</div><div>the joy of being done</div><div>if the journey is just tiresome</div><div>the ratio of fun</div><div>descends to infinitesimal</div><div>and that's abysmal for everyone</div><div>save divers and mathematicians</div><div><br /></div><div>now I do digress</div><div>but I do</div><div>and it's fun</div><div><br /></div><div>© 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-41557632470591411042020-06-12T05:21:00.001-07:002020-06-12T05:21:22.819-07:00texture<div>without the fits</div><div>and jerks</div><div>and starts</div><div>smooth sailing</div><div>on a flat calm sea</div><div><br></div><div>without the waves</div><div>and hurricanes</div><div>imagine</div><div><br></div><div>what fun</div><div>would that be</div><div><br></div><div>© 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-6752720615938849742020-06-05T16:54:00.001-07:002020-06-05T16:54:20.580-07:00MDSHMan<div>I see you</div><div>and your ferocious quest</div><div>every damn day</div><div>and I am humbled</div><div>humiliated even</div><div>that i would try to empathize</div><div>on the grounds of introvert discomfort</div><div>you are the fearless leader</div><div>no doubt</div><div><br /></div><div>copyright 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-87236300720152911562020-05-28T17:44:00.002-07:002022-03-06T08:28:59.793-08:00organizational<div><em>it seems the boxes get all the love</em><br></div><div><em><br></em></div><div>descriptive typeface</div><div>borders</div><div>status</div><div><br></div><div><em>but it's the lines that deliver</em></div><div><br></div><div>process</div><div>relationship</div><div>life</div><div><br></div><div><em>quietly without fanfare</em></div><div><br></div><div>boxes are stuffed with shirts</div><div><em>lines flow with cool</em></div><div>I know I want to <em>go</em></div><div><br></div><div>© 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div><div><div id="a11y-speak-assertive" class="a11y-speak-region" aria-live="assertive" aria-relevant="additions text" aria-atomic="true"></div></div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-77451344669419237562020-05-06T10:44:00.001-07:002020-05-06T10:44:25.882-07:00couple dozen<div><i>baker's dozen</i></div><div><br></div><div>twelve word poems </div><div>imaginary pizza party </div><div>compelling setting </div><div>with comfy chairs </div><div>and friends</div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>dirty dozen</i></div><div><br></div><div>twelve word poems </div><div>pizza party </div><div>compelling setting </div><div>with comfy chairs </div><div>and imaginary friends</div><div><br></div><div>© 2020 Frederick Andrew ~ All Rights Reserved</div>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-86386803972758250652020-03-01T07:28:00.003-08:002020-03-01T07:29:25.029-08:00patienceancient ocean memories<br />
expressed as desert blooms<br />
broken dreams will find ways through<br />
adversities<br />
and resume<br />
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Inspired by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/B9KxZqXAvZR/?igshid=rdgj2efudyye" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bruce Shark's Instagram post</a>Frederick Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03188131508451740734noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7459843651285892890.post-63799812457064421152020-02-15T09:12:00.001-08:002020-02-15T10:47:13.534-08:00interstitial - IIthe desert<br />
it is<br />
that makes<br />
the dessert<br />
so sweet<br />
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