Shel Graves' Sensorium

Taste: breakfast beer, Belgian pumpkin ale; smoky avocado dip Sight: the many emotions that pass over his face Sound: A singing dream...if I could finally... Smell: pancakes and Field Roast maple sausages Touch:  a hot shower Extra: a personality test at the veterinarians enhanced by truth-telling drugs, nervously walking a nervous dog without a leash, carrying the dog; a warm sweet drink, loud enticing music, walking up and downstairs, a hug, a high five, a spilled drink Grateful for: vivid dreams, NARN , food justice, FEP

Taste: a chocolate yeast doughnut - long john; pumpkin ale Sight:  a stack of new library books, book covers Sound: scratching post; wind through leaves, rustling; llama lowing (mooing) Smell: burnt marshmallow; honeycrisp apple dish soap Touch: a long walk in the sun; cold paws on thighs; pounce!; pig belly rubs Extra: Hillary Clinton's book launch party, hummus and Kalamata olives Grateful for: Pasado's Safe Haven ; the day she was playful in the morning

Taste:  one white raspberry, one blueberry, one huckleberry Sight: the jaundiced sky, the yellow light, the red orb a three dimensional raspberry leaf Sound:  Grace! Constance! Royal? Prince? Smell:  smoke Touch: holding hands Extra: “While there is a lower class, I am in it, and while there is a criminal element I am of it, and while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.” – Eugene Debs   “We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” – Elie Wiesel  Grateful for: the forest

Taste: cucumbers, beets, potatoes Sight: a glowing keyboard; late summer afternoon light by the lake, perfect green Sound: "Get a life!"; bear skulls are strong; scraping; voilà tout Smell:  rotting apples; burnt grass Touch:  the skin of red plums; warty cucumber rind Extra: I'm creating something, but I don't know what it is.; when you wake up with words because your subconscious has been working overnight Grateful for: I'm creating something.