coughing jag well at least I'm not crying

Backed up to Eternity

depression every possibility becomes impossible

wrong way sign state of the union on a divided highway

unflooded roads backed up to eternity

wing extensions for vultures drenched in sunshine

a tumble-down boulder the limestone de-stressing itself

dead ends I get to see everything in reverse

spring twilight closure is a wound that re-opens somewhere else

a sense of foreboding in the bent spine of a battered oak

mapping out my journey the restless june bugs* ready for flight

*also called may beetles

st. patrick's day the spring of a rabbit before the grass turns green

pi day irrationality has become our 51st state

microwave cameras secretly filming my leftovers

Thanks to Kellyanne Conway for the very latest updates in spyware technology.

reading fixtion* eye weary of undelivered promises

*a one-word play on fiction

march snow you refuse to give up your short sleeve t-shirt

Everything We Drink

heron chooses the willow end of the pond

good times ripple around the canoe

cattail currency paying off the red-winged blackbirds

rights of passage the thorn bush draws blood

an acorn cap surrounded by moss

envisioning the GOP healthcare plan don't you dare get sick

polluted rivers everything we drink becomes part of us

tweet to tweet the chickadees long before twitter

One More Dream That Never Happened

torn jeans and patches of blue unraveling

blinded by rows of white grave markers

blood red stones sometimes the road fills my shoes

too soon to bloom the magnolias slip into global warming

wake-up call the rocks are alive with garter snakes

hardscrabble landscape I'm drawn in by desolation

bricks in disarray one more dream that never happened