vaccine Valentine
does love get any better
than this science?
Best Valentine Date
vaccine Valentine
does love get any better
than this science?
humanity
Reach for It
an exhausting day
with my spirit-week “jersey”
and this fake smile
hidden by these masks
that have broken our world
like a rootless orchid
but this cat. this cat.
a soft purrfection presence
worth a real grin.
For Me?
our symbolic cat
sitting by his empty plate
waiting for his love
Coronatine Cafe
quarantine café
ready for any work day
(insomniac’s dream)
And Tears
trapped behind two masks,
we’re at the pandemic’s will:
all screens. no faces.
2021 Inauguration
only blue today
as we hope for a future
better than our past
(Im)permanence
this choice will break me no matter what i decide. so i should decide.
(Re)solution
ironic notice
as the words come flooding in
(yet i can’t stop them)
no. i had no plan.
no plan for any of this.
(nor a solution).
How Should I Live?
like La Reina
finding comfort in each space
no matter size; sun
Snowprints
before dawn arrives
the snow still touches the sky
with white fingertips
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