today i bought some crickets

[mindbum]

today i bought some crickets

because a while ago i bought some toads.
toads eat crickets.

today i bought large crickets.
normally i get the small crickets.
the pet store was out.

the girl was convinced
my toads could eat
her crickets. large
as they are. the store
feeds their firebellied toads
large crickets.

feeding your pets
live food
is an odd thing to do.

my dog eats baby bunnies
seems more difficult
than feeding insects to reptiles.

bunnies have sharp teeth.

the difference between
large & small
crickets
is the chirp.

small crickets
are in the half inch range
large crickets
are over an inch
& chirp.

they've grown wings
to rub their legs against
to attract mates
to lay eggs
to live to chirp.

there's a hoagy carmichael song
"casanova cricket
it just ain't right
sleepin all day
& kissin all night."

the crickets sing.
enough, probably,
to start my own colony
so i dont have to buy bugs.

my roommate
has already protested
the breeding of bugs.

"casanova cricket
why for goodness sake
dontchya know you're keepin
decent folk aaaaawake?"

it's the escapees.
the loose chirpers
hid there behind the sofa
or bookshelf
or under the bed.

a problem that may
solve another problem:
pangs of regret
to sacrifice
a singing being
for some ole toad.

[Lightning Rod]

chirp chirp
(cricket applause)

[Lightning Rod]

oh, and here's my red bellied toad eating crickets

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[Nazz]

that was one of the first things
that leaving the city promised,
at least as I remember it.

[goldenmyst]

I love the sound of crickets. Living in the city I rarely hear them. I never considered that toads might like them. However, it stand to reason. Your poem rocks.

John

[SmileGRL]

my dogs ate grass
and flying termites
even grapes
and strawberries too

but i'm afraid
they'd probably run away
from baby bunnies
with fluffy tails & sharp teeth

[mindbum]

lr- buddy holly's always easy to applaud. thanks for the chirp.

nazz- maybe i wont have to leave just yet. thanks for treading.

john- they are a satisfying addition to the household i'll admit. there's already the sound of running water fr. the fishtanks. so the crickets blend right in. thanks.

smilegrrrrrl- thanks for reading. made me think about getting eaten by pets. etc. so, the incredible shrinking man came to mind.

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[SmileGRL]

heh...the cat was mildly disturbing. but the spider! sheesh! that's just wrong dude!

[mindbum]

that spider totally woulda eaten him by then.

but, this is a great scifi flick.

he has another encounter with the cat too. among other mis-sized misadventures.

[creativesoul]

i am unable to understand
for me
riting has been my nly freedom
when my father was drunk
standing on the table
or beating his wife
or listening to th song i hate most in the world"impossible dream"
i had paper and a pen and pencil
the shrinking man
yes or the giant woman
sliding in the inbetween on ice
lizzie the bearded dragon eats crickets
when we were snowed in for three days
we ran out
she ate worms
the fish eat bloodworms
the snakes eat mice and ats
i eat cows
broken hearts to healing
grown up loving children
and step children that are twins in foster care
i hate DHS [dept of human services]
my lover lost them to foster care
they tried turning the gun on me
testing me and trying to say that I was dangerous to children
sorry about your luck pals

one of my sons graduated from Art Academy and is a filmaker and editor and went to Italy to spend christmas with his grandmother, he is oving young man, open and honest even with me, his mother.
The youngest now 26 is a aqua culture man in Chile in the Santiiago area and loves me. So do my step childrn. We have to rent a hotel in Roseberg to see them, but thre is a pool and my lover puts one twin on his shoulders and I put one on mine and they play chicken
i love that
How does the state determine that I am stupid by an evaluation that I took from a doctor I had no intention of opening up my soul to named Dr Basham
now tell me would you open up to a guy with a name like that? There was a 16 piot difference between the one I had a year ago and the one I had after that and then I had another one thank God for the italian doctor, and I guess we will see if the kids will ever get to live with us.
I suppose that pain like this is endurable for some
for me it is not
christmas did not really do me either
so we will see them new years
hollywood famiies are familar withinsanity
but in Hollywood people have a sense of humor about it.
I do= now
my sister s movie is showing tonight. the adventures of charlotte and henry on channel 7 at 7
i love her smile and her laugh. she has lives in autralia for 20 years. her husband worked on the matrix speacil effects
my family is interesting even if we are scattered about the world
like snowflakes
we were snowed in here in Portland
got stir crazy
wished
i were somewhere else
with alot of money
oh well
that is the breaks
happy new year
i will stay here in creative writing where
i do not feel like a stake is in my heart
i just feel like I am falling apart

I have not painted for a long time
i am frozen stuck in emotional slime
i love the paint
color and liquid
i miss the hippie communes and all the days gone by
wish i had yule tidings
or the good sense to fry
whatever brain cells are left
and say good bye

but there is too much to live for
this too shall pass
however it seems a real pain in the ass

[creativesoul]

i am unable to understand
for me
riting has been my nly freedom
when my father was drunk
standing on the table
or beating his wife
or listening to th song i hate most in the world"impossible dream"
i had paper and a pen and pencil
the shrinking man
yes or the giant woman
sliding in the inbetween on ice
lizzie the bearded dragon eats crickets
when we were snowed in for three days
we ran out
she ate worms
the fish eat bloodworms
the snakes eat mice and ats
i eat cows
broken hearts to healing
grown up loving children
and step children that are twins in foster care
i hate DHS [dept of human services]
my lover lost them to foster care
they tried turning the gun on me
testing me and trying to say that I was dangerous to children
sorry about your luck pals

one of my sons graduated from Art Academy and is a filmaker and editor and went to Italy to spend christmas with his grandmother, he is oving young man, open and honest even with me, his mother.
The youngest now 26 is a aqua culture man in Chile in the Santiiago area and loves me. So do my step childrn. We have to rent a hotel in Roseberg to see them, but thre is a pool and my lover puts one twin on his shoulders and I put one on mine and they play chicken
i love that
How does the state determine that I am stupid by an evaluation that I took from a doctor I had no intention of opening up my soul to named Dr Basham
now tell me would you open up to a guy with a name like that? There was a 16 piot difference between the one I had a year ago and the one I had after that and then I had another one thank God for the italian doctor, and I guess we will see if the kids will ever get to live with us.
I suppose that pain like this is endurable for some
for me it is not
christmas did not really do me either
so we will see them new years
hollywood famiies are familar withinsanity
but in Hollywood people have a sense of humor about it.
I do= now
my sister s movie is showing tonight. the adventures of charlotte and henry on channel 7 at 7
i love her smile and her laugh. she has lives in autralia for 20 years. her husband worked on the matrix speacil effects
my family is interesting even if we are scattered about the world
like snowflakes
we were snowed in here in Portland
got stir crazy
wished
i were somewhere else
with alot of money
oh well
that is the breaks
happy new year
i will stay here in creative writing where
i do not feel like a stake is in my heart
i just feel like I am falling apart

I have not painted for a long time
i am frozen stuck in emotional slime
i love the paint
color and liquid
i miss the hippie communes and all the days gone by
wish i had yule tidings
or the good sense to fry
whatever brain cells are left
and say good bye

but there is too much to live for
this too shall pass
however it seems a real pain in the ass

[creativesoul]

i am unable to understand
for me
riting has been my nly freedom
when my father was drunk
standing on the table
or beating his wife
or listening to th song i hate most in the world"impossible dream"
i had paper and a pen and pencil
the shrinking man
yes or the giant woman
sliding in the inbetween on ice
lizzie the bearded dragon eats crickets
when we were snowed in for three days
we ran out
she ate worms
the fish eat bloodworms
the snakes eat mice and ats
i eat cows
broken hearts to healing
grown up loving children
and step children that are twins in foster care
i hate DHS [dept of human services]
my lover lost them to foster care
they tried turning the gun on me
testing me and trying to say that I was dangerous to children
sorry about your luck pals

one of my sons graduated from Art Academy and is a filmaker and editor and went to Italy to spend christmas with his grandmother, he is oving young man, open and honest even with me, his mother.
The youngest now 26 is a aqua culture man in Chile in the Santiiago area and loves me. So do my step childrn. We have to rent a hotel in Roseberg to see them, but thre is a pool and my lover puts one twin on his shoulders and I put one on mine and they play chicken
i love that
How does the state determine that I am stupid by an evaluation that I took from a doctor I had no intention of opening up my soul to named Dr Basham
now tell me would you open up to a guy with a name like that? There was a 16 piot difference between the one I had a year ago and the one I had after that and then I had another one thank God for the italian doctor, and I guess we will see if the kids will ever get to live with us.
I suppose that pain like this is endurable for some
for me it is not
christmas did not really do me either
so we will see them new years
hollywood famiies are familar withinsanity
but in Hollywood people have a sense of humor about it.
I do= now
my sister s movie is showing tonight. the adventures of charlotte and henry on channel 7 at 7
i love her smile and her laugh. she has lives in autralia for 20 years. her husband worked on the matrix speacil effects
my family is interesting even if we are scattered about the world
like snowflakes
we were snowed in here in Portland
got stir crazy
wished
i were somewhere else
with alot of money
oh well
that is the breaks
happy new year
i will stay here in creative writing where
i do not feel like a stake is in my heart
i just feel like I am falling apart

I have not painted for a long time
i am frozen stuck in emotional slime
i love the paint
color and liquid
i miss the hippie communes and all the days gone by
wish i had yule tidings
or the good sense to fry
whatever brain cells are left
and say good bye

but there is too much to live for
this too shall pass
however it seems a real pain in the ass

[creativesoul]

i am unable to understand
for me
writing has been my only freedom
when my father was drunk
standing on the table
or beating his wife
or listening to the song i hate most in the world...."impossible dream"
i had paper and a pen and pencil
the shrinking man
yes or the giant woman
sliding in the inbetween on ice
lizzie the bearded dragon eats crickets
when we were snowed in for three days
we ran out
she ate worms
the fish eat bloodworms
the snakes eat mice and rats
i eat cows, carrots and corn
sometimes green slime
my wolf eats raw meat


broken hearts to healing
grown up loving children
and step children that are twins in foster care
i hate DHS [dept of human services]
do I dare
my lover lost them to foster care
they tried turning the gun on me
testing me and trying to say that I was dangerous to children
sorry about your luck pals
had to get letters from professors and personal letters sent to a lawyer
like I was guilty until proven innocent

One of my sons graduated from Art Academy and is a filmaker and editor and went to Italy to spend christmas with his grandmother, he is loving young man, open and honest even with me, his mother.

The youngest now 26 is a aqua culture man in Chile in the Santiiago area and loves me. So do my step children. We have to rent a hotel in Roseberg to see them, but thre is a pool and my lover puts one twin on his shoulders and I put one on mine and they play chicken
i love that
How does the state determine that I am stupid by an evaluation that I took from a doctor I had no intention of opening up my soul to named Dr Basham?
now tell me would you open up to a guy with a name like that? There was a 16 piont difference between the one I had a year ago and the one I had after that and then I had another one thank God for the italian doctor, and I guess we will see if the kids will ever get to live with us.But I got a BA in the meantime, so I am not stupid and unable to parent....
I suppose that pain like this is endurable for some
for me it is not
christmas did not really do me either
so we will see them New Years
Hollywood families are familar with insanity
but in Hollywood people have a sense of humor about it.
I do= now
we are all dysfunctional
get over it
my sister s movie is showing tonight. "the Adventures of Charlotte and Henry" on channel 7 at 7
claymation, like chicken run
i love her smile and her laugh. she has lives in autralia for 20 years. her husband worked on the matrix speacil effects
my other sister is in treatment in jail which may save her life
my other brother is skiing in Aspen with my favorite woman
his mother
my other brother and I do not talk much, I think all the beer and cheese and Jehovahs witnesses
rearranged his thinking somehow
he collects swords
my grandfather, mother and father were all actors and actresses
I wear a necklace given to my grandmother from Mary Pickford, the legendary Richard Dix from silient films to Cimmeron. Nominated for best actor as the second academy awards at the Rossevelt hotel in Hollywood.
Unless you are a film history buff you wont know anything about that
31 silient movies
i wish I had a copy of the movie REDSKIN
half in black and white and half in color
it is in the film archieves afterdisappearing for 35 years in New York
I love NewYork......I miss it

I love films and the ideas they convey
thank you for posting the shrinking man, it made my day
my family is interesting even if we are scattered about the world
like snowflakes
we were snowed in here in Portland
got stir crazy
wished
i were somewhere else
with alot of money
oh well
that is the breaks
happy new year
i will stay here in creative writing where
i do not feel like a stake is in my heart
i just feel like I am falling apart

I have not painted for a long time
i am frozen stuck in emotional slime
i love the paint
color and liquid
i miss the hippie communes and all the days gone by
wish i had yule tidings
or the good sense to fry
whatever brain cells are left
and say good bye

but there is too much to live for
this too shall pass
however it seems a real pain in the ass