TWO MORE TEN-WORD HOMEWORKS

 I did two more at the teachers request. she asked for light and lighter, So for your edifacation and pleasure may I present...

This is it, folks! -- the last of the optionals for the season: -- Write as much as you want, using all ten of the following words -- once or more than once. Since this IS a memoir class, try to keep it as personal as you feel comfortable with -- (unless your imagination is simply bursting to spill all over)

1) remember

2).regret

3) song

4) first 

5) jewelry

6) sex

7) car

8) house

9) embrace

10) floor

THEN AND NOW

© David Wainland 2008

Do I remember, of course,

What is to forget

Our first attempts at bad sex,

In the rear seat of my car.

The song that played in time,

To our clumsy embrace.

Your jewelry clattering to the floor,

The lights coming on in your house.

And your father mad, screaming,

I have no regret..

I loved you then,

I love you now.

LET IT ALL HANG OUT

© David Wainland 2008

"It's better than sex."

I remember perplexed

A quote I first heard in a bar.

Not with your spouse

And not in a house.

Tis better when done from afar

No jewelry, no rings

No bright shiny things.

Or fireflies caught in a jar.

You tango to song

All naked and strong

Then embrace whoever you are.

Night chills the floor

As you sway by the shore

Exposed by the lights of your car.

Dance 'til the sun sets

Without any regret

Exposed and under a star.