Saturday, November 28, 2009

So I'm pretty sure I can't dance

The latest groovy post is up at Single Mom At Work:

http://www.workitmom.com/bloggers/singlemomatwork/2009/11/25/so-im-pretty-sure-i-cant-dance/

Offer up comment LURRRRRVE, babycakes.

xoxo

Saturday, November 14, 2009

Remember when

Sophie, age 8: Remember when Hannah had an imaginary boyfriend named Bobby? And then they were totally passe.

Friday, November 13, 2009

Action, reaction

Action, reaction:
I wake up.
I close my eyes.

Action, reaction, reaction:
Teenaged boys grunt and holler
in the school yard, preying on
a leather ball with fist-fangs.
I wait them out.
Do they ever study?

Action, reaction:
"Why are you fat?"
one of them yells.
I retreat, inside.

Reaction, action:
The dogs sulk.
They have not had a walk.
(Blame: me, teenaged boys.)

Action, no reaction:
I call B.
She is not there.

Action, action, reaction:
A colleague left his wife ten
years ago.
He remarried, the old tale,
the young wife.
He has been happy since.

Action, action, reaction, reaction:
We divorce.
It goes on.
I cannot imagine happy since.
They tell me I used to know
happy well.

Reaction:
I can tell beauty when I see it.
But beauty is the cat who will
not permit herself to be touched.
Admire, let the tears fall, she is
not yours.

Reaction:
Happiness nestles
in your lap,
is pleased to bleed out
in your arms. You
can have her for as
long as you can,
no hard feelings.

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

C U NAKED? CUL8ER: Sexting and the single mama

Because Caroline Ingalls and sexting go together like...okay. Just read the darn thing, and offer up that comment love like the high notes in a gospel choir, my pookies.

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Ooh! New weekly gig!

You know you're dying to check out my new weekly gig over at Work It, Mom!

(That's http://www.workitmom.com/bloggers/singlemomatwork/ for you old-schoolers who like a good URL.)

Woot woot!

(Dances like Beyonce, only much worse)

(Pauses)

(Assures you there will be no maudlin poetry over there)

(Resumes Beyonce booty shaking)

(Urges you to go comment up a storm so they know they did the right thing by bringing in this Jenny character)

(Waa uh ohhhh uhhhh uhhhh ohhhhh uhhhhh uuhhhhh OHHHHHHH uhhhh uuhh OOHHHHHHH)