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F r a n k ’ s H o m e
a gray cat on the edge of a birdbath in the desert Signal Hill • a family photo turned into wallpaper “the longer human history petroglyphs suggest” • between a caterpillar and a cloud the heart attacks • red sky in morning blue afternoon face to face by evening with a white full moon • 77°F 4:15am the wild flowers I guess somewhere 75°F 4:42 am inchoate 80°F 4:30 am over drawn 104°F 2:36 pm adobe yellow wall cats walk up and down Palo Verde limbs skinny bird song everyday air • wash the glass panes in the front door clean off the coffee table and sweep the livingroom floor wash the brown splatters off the black phone where rain leaks thru the roof during monsoon wash the dishes and wipe down the counters take out the trash and put a new bag in the bucket under the sink sit at the computer near my neatly made bed feel better about scrubbing the IRS another day • not a musician no degree in the field Jimmie Vaughan Do You Get The Blues Saturday • red blooms on yellow bikini, holding my gut in, first day of Spring • "breasts are luminous" I grab them exaggerate their orbs loaves of heaven nutmeg-flecked, exuding light © 2006 Frank Parker 
. . . combined his crafts of printing and writing to publish his book, Heart Shaped Blossoms, and has since become active in electronic publishing, i.e., Frank’s Home. His poem “Wild with Spring” won a prize in Quarry West 35/36: Poets and Writers of the Monterey Bay, edited by Ken Weisner, judged by Francisco X. Alarcón, in the Spring of 2000.
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