he encounters
the blue-eyed menace
on the mountain
baring its yellowed teeth
with a withering snarl
– MHL

Calvin
and his sidekicks
had a sixth sense
“aren’t you Monster Digby?”
and so, they become surefire friends
– VM

torrid heat
descends in shimmering sheets
the sea water
a sickly green pallor
too warm for swimming
– MHL

a surf swell
circles in centripetal swing
oblivious to it all
but for two lovemates . . .
dance of the seahorses
– VM