this day dies in stilled heat
silence, save for the barking dog
who has no idea why
he speaks unless it is
to hear the sounds,
the varying pitches,
of his voice, his canine
melody that affect human
nerves like out of tune
violin strings in the hands
of a six year old.

I’m not talking about Cro Magnon Man or Neandertals,
but ratherI seemed to have lost my blog links. I had a bunch of friends’ links
and now they’ve disappeared. Yikes! I changed my blog’s appearance
and the links vanished. Now they are missing links. I promise to find them
again, so link owners, bear with me.

I really had a great day! There were so many great writers there and so many wonderful readers, such great stories.