early morning - (this is the result of a writing prompt from a poet friend of mine that included the following: 1.a reference to acorns 2.some reference to another season 3.the words "warm, indulgent aroma," which she got from the back of a cereal box 4.an autumn theme overall)
thoughts standing on Lake Erie,
frozen all the way to Canada - during the winter of 1993, Lake Erie froze all the way across from the United States to Canada. despite warnings about falling through ice dunes, I walked out about one mile before returning to shore. it was -15 and the wind was incredible.
There are no monkeys here. If you're looking for monkeys, go away. Well, actually there are monkeys, but they're of the hairless variety that writes poetry and such. If that's not what you're looking for move along.