a few poems

digest and reflect
After a good argument, like a good meal
one likes to digest and reflect.
If the words do sit well-
and not with craftiness- can stand the test;
then one must carefully consider them
to be indeed just and scrupulous.
Billings 1998

Sun Myth
Over the mountain, peeks
the sun,
and her fiery tresses flow about her,
tendrils escaping to fly across the heavens.
Gathering her dignity,
she assumes her place.
As a prima donna she holds the stage captive until the last
possible moment.
Turning then, she flips her hair,
her fiery hair,
and it floats across the sky
behind her.
Bozeman 1994?

An Alley
Mon ami Abby,
she is an ally cat-
astrophic. Tin cans posted
on garbage pails that
reek of old fish.
Abby, normally
has little traffic,
except for Tom.

Cuisine
A good meal has two sides
that pair like bosom friends,
for we know very well that cuisine
is art as well as science.
Science on side A of the coin
the chemistry of mixtures and heat,
art on the opposite side
for the eye and the tongue a treat.
Billings 1998