New Joefiles 114 is Out

The new volume - curly queued daydreams - is available by clicking here - a sample poem below:

gaining gusto in aging

within
the last
several
months
i have taken
a moment extra
to look
at the obituary section
of the local paper.
maybe an old friend,
or someone i used to work
with will show up in these
back pages
and i'll have that
one moment of shock
to rescue me from
the taste of coffee
and work

and responsibility
to reflect on
what this life is all about.
the potential end
displayed in ink,
giving all us obituary
readers that
brief moment
to refocus our day on
what should
really be in focus.
and when
i close that paper flap
and know that
it was full
of loving strangers
that will no longer
co-habitate
earth with me
anymore,
i wonder
who from my past i may run into today.