Night snow

blankets the rooftops

sifted through the streetlight

muffles 

Pinging in the New Year

My phone pinging off the hook

As I drowsed warm and cozy 

And everyone else celebrated 

Together eating and drinking the 

New Year in and me wishing this

Year over already 

I was over it

My reward waking at the firework's blasts

To see them through my bedroom window

And wander window to window

To see this magnificent valley

Light up in every direction

Six helicopters hovering
Or zipping to and fro

And blinking orange and red

Just to have the view I had

From my warm window for 

What is hope but the
Rejection of sorrow

An afternoon

The constant patter
Of rain on stone
Tires whoosh
Bells peal
I talk to myself
Absent conversation
The rain cackles
Tires squeal
Downspouts chortle
The bells answer

At the end of the day

one coffee cup
one moka coffee maker
one milk frother
two tea spoons
one dinner plate
one salad plate
two forks
one knife
one tea cup
one serving spoon
two sauce pans
one paring knife
one glass
one cellophane cracker wrapper
one bread knife
one carving knife

a day in the life

get up
warm croissant
eat it
make coffee
drink it
fill bath
take it
dry off
dress
open news site
read it
go to cats
feed them
grocery shop
carry groceries
put away
fix lunch
eat it
fill stove
light it
open literary magazine
read it
open news site
read it
fill stove
stoke it
do laundry
hang it
make tea
drink it
open literary magazine
read more
open news site
read more
open stove
add wood
open app
look at it
put on music
listen to it
make salad
eat it
pour wine
drink it
do dishes
open news site
read more
put pajamas on
brush teeth
open book
read it
go to sleep
get up

The long hot summer nights

like some whore in a doorway
I stand and survey
the opening not crowd
the band playing loud
as shyness overtakes
I slip away
unseen

How many times

How many times
Did I watch
The full moon rise
Over the ridge
In fifteen years