a bend in the flow
too many events at once
onrush of feelings
then a return to ennui
joy of ordinary days
a bend in the flow
too many events at once
onrush of feelings
then a return to ennui
joy of ordinary days
ripped from the headlines
virus deaths and climate change
believe it or not
ignorance or arrogance
the effect is still the same
fireworks in the night
birds warbling before sunrise
dream of friend long dead
running so not to be late
first in line when alarm sounds

the views which we hold
an amalgram of what’s real
and what’s reflected
recognizing where we stand
helps decipher what we see

easy to see now
from postmortem cross section
death from rot inside
did the parts of the tree know
or the citizens of Rome