changes in pattern
sudden influx of volume
summer break’s over
no longer tied to school rhy-thms:
we wait for leaves to turn
Category: tanka
2019.08.04: hubris
length of human lives
not long enough to witness
one season of glaciers
yet we’re storing up treasure
as if we’ll live forever
2019.07.22: dread
red mountain of dirt
taller than excavator
the pit not so deep
the guilt of things we have done
usually larger than the deed
2019.07.18: wilted
two weeks without rain
shallow roots draw no moisture
prairie turns yellow
only love with greatest depths
remains green under heat stress
2019.07.05: delayed
red snake on map app
waiting for truck to back out
garbage dump is closed
mad that dinner will be late
sad that legacy is waste
Longing For Water 