Text message from a teacher's conference

When he told her to
imagine
an elephant with
butterfly
wings for ears,

She said, "That sounds like a
beautiful
creature. But it would never
know
to stop and listen or
                                             just flutter away."

He promised to tell the
keynote speaker,
but what he meant: He
hopes
to always know the former.

Three-minute spontaneous prose

I remember laughter shooting raucous bursts and beams of stammering there were heart beats together and holding there were tomatoes I remember tomatoes we shared the movies and the...I remember hair falling I remember table tops and counter tops and halter top days on secret beach and nights with warm side yard seat talks I remember a muggy impression and laughter and open windows I remember teasing but the soft kind