Mossy River

I stood and stared at this driveway for a bit 

before I took these pictures, wondering whether 

the sealant would show appropriately 

black and shiny. It didn't, so I fiddled with it 

in PhotoShop, making it purple.

Still, the whole thing reminds me of maps 

of a river and it's tributaries,

but reversed, with the green bits being the land, 

and the rest, of course, water.

Minimalist

A long, long time ago, on a steamy summer day, 

someone made some swashes and swirls

as they spread tar on their driveway.

Instead of seeing it as an act of overheated

boredom, I prefer to think of it as 

strokes of pure, burning minimalist insight,

black on black, with little bits of red stems 

and the edge of the sidewalk for added genius.

That's my story, and I'm stickin' to it, 

so to speak.