Not Slacking, Just Writing

 So. My actual screensaver called me out today. Have I been writing much poetry? Is the doggerel below P O E T R Y? Yeah, probably not. However. The real story is that I'm working my way through a few stories for Camp NaNoWriMo. At almost halfway through the month, I'm still not sure what will end up under the pen on a day-by-day basis but I've added to several. 

My reading has been similar. Lots of initial chapters or initial handful of chapters but very, very few final chapters completed. I'm thinking about taking a day and just clearing out my zine basket. Summer heat settled in early, so I haven't been doing any outdoor reading, but zines are pretty quick and I should be able to finish several while the squirrels raid the birdseed. :) 

Hope you're having a good writing/reading summer!

It must have been a movie, black and white,

Watched when I was younger, maybe sick,

Glancing between Mom cleaning and the screen.

A father and his daughter in a lighthouse

New to them; minor plot dresses vs. pants

Her mother's memory in crinoline 

And then the storm and then then the thump!

A ghost ship bumping at the tower

Lightning--are they pirates?

Is her mother standing in the light?

And now I walk into the humid morning

Gasp in the thickened air

And there's the ship, bumping against the fence

Figurehead glaring at the house

Crew cursing this weather

Blood-hot clouds

Haunted dew

Why is the horror and not the happily-ever true?

-- chrissa