
just wondering if
under the right conditions
we’d all have halos

just wondering if
under the right conditions
we’d all have halos
first of the monarchs
arriving by ones and twos
then southward again
the tracks that we leave
tells a story of our deeds
and our companions

will we have loved our neighbors
in fulfillment of the Law
turning thirty
doesn’t seem all that bad
unless it’s your child

late summer deluge
the grasses turn green again
but not on fresh graves
the nature of love and death
known but not well accepted