Here are new Little Vines.

5714.
playing golf
cursing the ball checking the time dissing the course
meanwhile, Spring arrives

5715.
I submit my request in writing at the desk
The attendant takes it to his boss
Window-rattling guffaws from the inner office.
Guess it’s a decline.

 
5716.
I marvel at all that commotion below the surface
even the gentle shadows of the goldfish
twist and bite and snarl

5717.
I’m praying, please let me win this argument
I am so tired of always being awarded
the silver medal

5718.
this pencil has been scribbling five hours straight
all too aware what every sharpening break
really means

5719.
This big-ticket lapis lazuli necklace
and my first thought is:
is it a gift or a loan

5720.
She sees me, I know.
Hostility blooms behind those big sunglasses.
Persona non grata. No one ever lets me forget.

 
5721.
the princess dreaming in her cocoon
What will she remember
when she emerges and flies away?

5722.
this timid rabbit preying
meekly, always meekly
even the carrots are more aggressive than he is

5723.
I hope I’m not interrupting you,
cherry blossom petals,
as you decide when to drift to the ground

5724.
I know
I should be annoyed with you
it would toughen me up for the next time

5725.
I stumble along in the pouring rain
pondering the link between pale and plank
sneezing and looking for the bus stop
when you stop to give me a ride. So it begins.

 
5726.
I ask you if you suspected
A sniff then sobs
and I have my answer

5727.
thunderstorm blue rolls rolls
pellet hail it drums drums
down the steep slick roof rattles rattles

5728.
two hundred dollars stolen
the page turned
Done, she said, and smirked her thin lips.

5729.
Sheila Sheila please
yes George I know
and she poked him again with the tweezers

5730.
a no-nonsense doctor
he eliminated objections
he eliminated patients, too

 
5731.
it was yellow it was confidential
Yellow, no big deal, but
he found confidential
irresistible.

5732.
this box of ancient photographs
laughing at you in derision
No help with any history revision

5733.
a great big snob flap
full of renovate your soul crap –
Yeah, that session she dragged me to last week

5734.
How tranquil it is to creep
through all this paperwork
To be guaranteed a soothing tedious afternoon

5735.
A plastic bag of scissors
temporarily at rest but yes
They have just been sharpened

 
5736.
100% truthful:
What a recipe
for the most rugged Divorce yet