Millet Curtain

No one said he had AIDS.
He lay on the dirt
like a small child without a pillow.

We didn’t know how much he
could understand our greeting
from beneath his groaning nothing-blanket;
we did it for his mother’s grateful eyes.

Maybe he could hear us
from behind the millet curtain,
greeting the elderly lady who
fed him and maybe who
dressed him, sometimes.

Today he has remembered to put on underwear.
But even the long loose shirt cannot hide
every rib we count, his face
sunken to reveal the cheek bones,
jaw bones, white teeth, red eyes,
skin thin-stretched over bones and shrinking organs.

The woman says he is sick.

Heather With the Weather

"I" in DISC

OK guys....here's what the DISC assessment says I'm like. Who agrees/disagrees?

Aesthetic (good eye for nature and art)
Bubbly
Carefree, Changeable, Charismatic, Charming, Childlike, Compassionate, Compromising, Contagious, Conversationalist, Curious
Disorganized
Easily distracted, Easygoing, Emotional, Emotionally unstable, Enjoys life, Enthusiastic, Exaggerates, Expressive, Extroverted,
Friendly
Impractical, Impressionable, Impulsive, Influencing, Insecure (masked by apparent self-confidence), Insensitive, Inspiring,
Lively, Loves being in the limelight
Natural grace that is magnetic
Optimistic, Outgoing
People-centered, Persuasive, Popular, Positive
Responsive, Restless
Self-indulgent, Spontaneous, Superficial
Talkative, Tender, Too now focused
Undependable in meeting schedules/deadlines, Undisciplined
Warm, Weak-willed