Good Blood, Bad Blood

Why Things Happen

January 30, 2018

Why Things Happen For J. D. Riso I listened to the rain fall for hours And read a mystery next to my cat, Both of us dismayed by the dark, wet sky. I listened and read and accrued the clues Of how and who as to why things happen. I heard rainwater scampering … More Why Things Happen

The Way We Wish It Was

June 20, 2017

The Way We Wish It Was We wish for that we cannot have: Seasons without winter’s torment, Children who stay forever young, Their skin supple and their hands small, Grasping at the longings we share. We wish to dim fluorescent light, A wink to shush its cruel scold That bullies our weary aged flesh, … More The Way We Wish It Was