waiting for this moment...

Music: "Blackbird" by the Beatles

slideshow copyright Rhonda Prince 2009

bloodless...come closer...closer

jigsaw pieces by nicole taylor

Jigsaw pieces
in a box.
Sausages (pigs)
in a blanket.
Chicken pieces
in a burger.
Three ladies
in a café
at lunch.
Puzzles, conundrums,
wrapped in conversation,
wrapped in a meal.

text and photo copyright nicole taylor 2009

alfonsina by jorge pastrana

text copyright jpastrana 2009

photo copyright browland 2009

the perfume of my soul

my face is buried in the rancid sweat

of the neck of a woman who sells newspapers
she lives in a dry riverbed
with criminals, sociopaths and old sleeping bags
normally funny and self-mocking,
today she is afraid
her liver is exploding
she wants a beer
a dollar
an embrace
she smells horrible,
of depleted adrenaline and alcohol,
a scent that i love

text and photo copyright browland 2009