
she hesitated,
sheltered in
old factory
unsure if
the steps
headed up
or down…
©Karen Robiscoe

she hesitated,
sheltered in
old factory
unsure if
the steps
headed up
or down…
©Karen Robiscoe

I stowed away
with castaways
got lost for days
just floatin’
drifted to
a green lagoon
on pontoon
saved from boatin’
built some huts
with bamboo struts
with coconuts
for shingles
caught a sow
for dinner chow
and held luau
to mingle
of ladies three
the pedigree
the richest she
was older
while hourglass
defined the lass
(the tits and ass)
that smoldered
the girl next door
in shorty shorts
she wore
her tresses plaited
baked some pies
to please the guys
–a partner shy
of dating
(a walking check)
(an intellect)
(the boss of wreck)
(and matey)
since hull was toast
we lived on coast
composing SOS’s
the theme of show
for year or mo’
but which show,
can you guess it?
©Karen Robiscoe

by honey comb
and brush of Sage
I smoothed a hairy tale
by breaking dams
with teardrop wand
I wendt beyond the Pale
by teaching trees
the way to be
by learning
dance from plants
by shading in
the missing Bits
between the pith
and branch
by curtain calling
shadow sHowS
by listening to night
I Paged the strangest
leaves of Change
& rectified
a rite.

©Karen Robiscoe

Cold tears fall
on misused cake–
icing it.
lady fingers
dissemble,
repurpose,
& surmount.
…
Tiers
that
don’t miss you.
©Karen Robiscoe

You curl in my lap
needing my legs
waiting for me to Rise
our coldness converges
in negative warmth
my robe is yours
your claws the scythes
that divide it
you hiss
growl
and stalk
ad infinitum
but do you purr?
©Karen Robiscoe

If you truck with gossips
it’s no toss-up how that ends
soon it’s you
to be the who
is topic to his friends
>vivisecting<
choice selections
told to him in private
skewed to
)fit)
the worldview
of chatty autopilot
it’s just a fact
that talking smack
will set a karmic table,
the dirt you dish
presents the risk
of starring in that fable.
©Karen Robiscoe