Like a Moth

I was drawn to her like a moth to a front-porch light bulb on a warm summer evening—not one of those coldly efficient compact fluorescent lights, or an even more efficient dimmable LED light, that is super bright, but emits no heat—an old-fashioned, searing 100 watt bulbous incandescent, that draws you into increasingly tight spirals, then quick-fries you at the first touch of the sizzling orb; my ardor only intensified by the knowledge that this type of light bulb would soon be outlawed.   

Karma

He knew his karma account was overdrawn, with no source of replenishment any time soon ... but 'a man’s got to do what a man’s got to do', he thought as he fell from the roof of the orphanage he was burglarizing, and noticed that his fall would be broken by a police car – that just happened to be there on an unrelated courtesy call.   

Forgiveness and Remembrance

Des clés du bonheur

Pardonne tout - immédiatement.
Ne jamais oublier les actes de bonté.

Terrible

Terrible
A horse at night,
Standing hitched alone
on the still street;
And whinnying …
as if some sad nude astride him
had gripped hot legs on him,
and sung
a sweet high hungry
single syllable

- Lawrence Ferlinghetti 

Je n’oublie rien