faces_in_unexpected_places tender_square someone used the tip of their shoe to draw a circle in mulch on the playground, right in front of the swings. they added two dots for eyes, two short lines for eyebrows, an 'l' for a nose, and a grin, topped the circle with a squiggly line. it looked like a smiling charlie brown. 220529 ... tender_square a triangular stone at the base of a tree had a hand-drawn furry blob with heart-eyes and a smile, and a bevy of hearts behind him. 220611 ... raze i swear this hand towel is pursing its lips at me, enjoying some private joke at my expense. if_only i could see what's in its eyes. 220614 ... tender_square a circular stone in a garden with big googly eyes, a round red nose, and a toothless grin, all of which managed to remind me of elmo’s effervescent joy. 220615 ... raze the sly smirk of two yellow extension cords slung low across the space made by an open door. 220618 ... raze a rusted manhole cover with sad eyes, an uncertain mouth, and an upside_down goldfish for a nose. 220620 ... tender_square a rusted sewer grate with wide-set eyes and sleep-deprived puffiness, its twig-mouth twisted into a frown. 220715 ... raze every unused three-pronged wall outlet starts to look ambivalent, if not horrified, if you spend enough time staring. 220724 ... raze the side of my cheese grater seemed to be very pleased about something yesterday. 220804 ... raze a whole body burned into the table by the hot breath of a bowl of brussels sprouts, like a sardonic stick figure born in the childhood dreams of a future animator. 220805 ... past "look at those rock giants!" he yells from behind me, alerting us that he was now awake. the highway traces a path through the shield, curving around hills, but at times stubborn rock croppings were dynamited to make way for speed and progress. but in a child's mind, at least, the blasting freed the rocks' spirits. 220805 ... raze twigs and maple seeds in the driveway, scattered and shaped by the wind into one of the most defeated expressions i've ever seen. one eye closed and crying. the other open and clear, but blind to anything that's real. 220827 ... tender_square a maple's chopped limbs leave protruding stumps for eyes, and a wrinkle of bark gives a sly half-grin. 220828 ... raze i found a very excited chicken in my potato salad the other day. 220908 ... raze a leering strand of spaghettini in an otherwise empty colander. its smile was so demonstrative, it didn't need any other features to get its point across. 220909 ... tender_square a smattering of wood chips became a skull staring back at me through the forest floor. 220917 ... raze a pillow's friendly folds gathered themselves into the shadow of a self-satisfied shark, green and glimpsed in profile. 220925 ... tender_square the twisted trunk of a tree morphs into a protruding stag head. 221003 ... raze a serpentine grin sculpted by squirrel piss on a cement block. 230206 ... raze lately, what my feet have been bringing inside the house. a series of duets for twig and foliage. a different expression every day. 230313 ... raze the can opener is looking pretty pissed_off right about now. 230331 ... raze i didn't notice my sandwich winking at me until i cut it in half. 230930 ... raze in the tree on the side of my latest box of walnuts, i see a man with a wide nose and a strange simper. 231001 ... raze every single slice of bread lately is a friendly ghost, or so it seems. 231101 ... raze a cartoon fish with its eyes bugging out of its head in the grime that blights a toilet seat's stiff upper lip. 231227 ... raze the bathtub's overflow drain is always staring at me like it's quietly embarrassed about something. 240202 what's it to you? who go blather from