Friendly Fire, I think,
burns like any other.
Flames are no less searing
when ignited by a brother.
Joan Hoagland Milder

Iowa and New Hampshire choose first
because voters get to know the candidates.
Apparently that doesn’t always work.
After almost a year of getting acquainted,
Democrats swung from Clinton to Obama
and back again in less than a week.
Of course they are very much alike,
except for age, sex, race, experience, and
Obama’s for change. Clinton already did that.
I think [...]

The cat got stuck in my recliner.
It took all my strength to get off
without crushing him, so I bought
a new chair that couldn’t trap him,
could massage me — frequently.
Then a pain went down my leg.
I stopped massaging, took pills
and walked sparingly with a cane
while the bulging discs in my spine
relaxed and stopped pinching nerves.
In a [...]