and are you a good person
and are you a good person
impossible
that little meme with the racoon that says
I’m sorry for being annoying
It will happen again
and we are stuck here
and everything is dead or dying
and the whole world feels like it has given up
a bit
for now
and yesterday there was a pigeon, a magpie, a parrot, a sparrow and a robin
the pigeon fought the magpie, or actually it was the other way around
then it cawed
calling for its mate to eat the peanuts
and the parrots hang jagged, too big for little bird feeders
the ones I am allowed
without getting complaints about the squirrels
but I loved the squirrels too
and you must remember the sun
and not get caught in loops
the beautiful ties not the cycle of fifths
.
the parrots are on both sides of the block
now all the trees have given it up
the sticks within sticks are exposed
the nests made of the trees within the trees
the living and the dead
.
and you did not see the stones this year
.
desire is both the trap and the hound
they just come to mind
these words
the right words
and all the things you have to do
to stay sane
to stay calm
and if you do them all the time
that’s just who you are now