Stop

3 poems for contest entry Failure to come to a Complete Stop Auto battery. Clicking. Depleted energy. Feeling grumpy, harried, Impatiently jump-start Kia. Leave Mom’s neighborhood. Octagonal, purely quintessential red sign taunts. Upping velocity, willfulness exacerbated, you zoom… Yikes! Extraneous white vehicle (undercover) trumpets sirens. Realization quickens… Pegged! Officer notes makeshift license knowingly. Jail imbues hastily. Gaining freedom – eight-thousand dollars cash. Busted again. ----------------------------------- When the Princess gets Agitated Some things test our preconceptions. Some things Try Our Patience. Some things TWIST OUR PANTIES!! … Sorry, time out, please. ------------------------------- When Time Stands Still Leaping in barefoot abandon Soaring every which way from Sunday Laughter effortlessly exhaling cool breezes. Lounging on nature’s lush carpet Silhouette illumined by carefree serenity Lapping up rays and shining them back Licorice sticks and crackers and brie Sweet plumpness of kiwi and mango and peach Licking ripe juices off contented grin Long luscious showers in waterfall glory Swirling delightfully playfully pure Lingering loving caresses of freshness Last blush of daylight’s electrical charge Sunset yields gracefully generously kind Lights flicker syntax where space enfolds meaning Lay here beside me Savor my dream Let my enchantment touch yours