Tug Dumbly - 5 Pretty Unrelated Bits

People amaze with their complexity.

Can also be a surprise to find

you’ve built a labyrinth in someone

that simply isn’t there; that an enigma

can just be a vacancy.

When the children are gone

and there’s nothing to bond you

there’s a lot of pressure on the dog.

Bakers raise dough  

ballerinas get fat  

in Scone Lake.

Grab a guitar, plonk a piano

first thing to fall out’s

that same cuppa chordal coco  

you’ve fingered for decades –

G / D / C …

same noodle of notes,

same fret-worn riff vining up

from bottom E …

Chopsticks, the Entertainer …

Chrissake, Jimmy, play something new

or let it be …

Can’t make Kindness the Law.

At least try and carry

a Fear Extinguisher.