253/365 - Mow

 

As I lie

here staring

at the ceiling

I can't imagine

how much

worse

I'd be feeling - if

instead of getting

that 

shot

I'd actually gotten

the flu

or COVID

Would I be lying

here

in bed?

No 

I'd probably be dead

instead

252/365 - (Wild) Hare

 

Its best not to think

(and I don't)

perhaps I should

but the thoughts

are dull static

anyway

The ones that should be

considerations

drowned out

by the shouting

JUMP

JUMP

it will all

be oaky

251/365 - Unsound

 

Do you ever get a line

from a poem

stuck in your head?

Like the lyrics

to a song

but a poem instead?

How about a random phrase

just going 'round and 'round

not a melody

not a song

just verbs, adjectives, and nouns

But the most

annoying of all

is when you're on

a conference call

and the neighbor's

gardener shows up

with his gas-powered

leaf-blower

and runs amok

250/365 - Wink

 

I have something important

to tell you

can you keep a secret

It's something I've told no one

so I really need

you to keep it

Okay

Here it goes

and I swear

It's true

There is something

stuck in my eye

no I'm not

winking at you

249/365 - Salvage

 

Some people may say

I have a problem

letting things go

I say

the ten year old seeds

I found in my freezer

sure bloomed

into pretty flowers

and those bricks

I got off the internet

(that had once been

the foundation

of an old Victorian)

will make a lovely

garden path

someday

248/365 - Hospitality

 

There are people

that provide

and then there are those

who take away

A bench offered

to whoever may

come by

or a bench

with hostile architecture

to refuse

those who need

a comfortable place

to lay

in a world

that can be so unkind

make a choice

to brighten someone's day

247/365 - Piggish

 

There was a moderately full container

of cat treats sitting

way up high

But when we returned

form brunch this morning

it was empty on the ground

I can't help but wonder why

It certainly has nothing

to do with the cat

(the one with the crazed

look in his eye)