It was wholly unexpected
when my wife plopped down beside me...

The old year
falls like a leaf...

You can hear ragged voices crawl;
though you'd hoped to conceal them all...

From car on the bridge
ringing on the creek below...

My loose ends catch upon each other,
Sparks misfire circuits that are wired differently...

This life is my river
downstream are family and friends...

Every woman
tames her husband it is true...

Friend, whose face
has not filled my eyes...

Leaving my bedroom sleepy and bleary
I chanced to look at the darkened spare room...

I see you out there
peering in occasionally...

Ladies do not distract me with flowers in their...
or sweet Jasmin aroma wafting through the air...

There are infinite
ditties out there...