words have been long gone
too many pics and lives lived
since when i last wrote
Spring Forward
family
Drifters for a Day
from desert to sea
in a day’s drive through one state
(miracles exist)
rainforests between
to prove heaven lives on earth
(nature is my god)
we found our daddy
after cherry shopping; lake;
beyond evergreens
a driftwood dinner
no one could have predicted
in another life
yet here we’ll find sleep
all together in one room
at earth’s clouded edge
The Only Home is Colorado
mountain views bring peace
better than a city day
our summer freedom
camping in nature:
reminder of what matters–
family connections
weekend getaway:
my moose, their antlers, our love
better than the beach
Made in Colorado
over Trail Ridge Road
you’ll visit every season
(finding home in each)
from spring to winter,
Colorado wins my heart
the best home on earth
family’s found here too:
in fires and puffed pancakes
bigger than ourselves
it’s that blue sky range
just past the elk on the trail
that leads our hearts home
Refocused
with a broken fridge,
limitations on dry ice,
and carpool circles
to pick up daughter
from uncalled-for punishment,
my Monday sucked ass.
driving home in rain,
she told me the whole story
and other teen truths.
then shared her essay:
perfectly satirical
(writer at fourteen)
the rain flooded us
and we laughed until we cried
knowing that truth hurts.
DysFUNctional Forecast
one week after snow:
sunny summer theme park day
because spring’s fucked up
Listen Here: Let Me Be Clear
midnight healthcare scare
makes my family more aware
of options made fair
don’t take this away
or the Democrats will sway
each bill you will play
cause love deserves life
not this plagued financial strife
that cuts like a knife
Kimmel speaks of teams
cause we’re ripping at the seams
for your twisted dreams
for you, one last word
you selfish billionaire turd:
our needs will be heard
Snow March
because we need this:
desertification looms
just beyond the bend
(Trump looms there as well,
where the ninety-degree March
made some record highs)
and so? a snow march
to keep precipitation
where it belongs: Earth
Thirty Years Later…
Shakespeare’s Juliet
with a ten-year-old’s line twist
and a handmade dress
Change of Season
goodbye to winter,
to snow that blew away spring
(if only today)
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