Tuesday, May 17, 2022

I Do Not Know

I do not know what to make of this world.

 

As the news wheel turns,

outside the store three killed/one wounded—

That son of a bitch!

 

Some words, on my mind of late:

Moral authority.

 

Proclaimed by some they—they say—

Love a Tree Day.

I couldn’t choose—the Drake elm

or Natchez crape? American

holly or Eastern redbud?

 

And war! War, war, war, war,

war, war, war, war, war. War.

 

Moral authority.

 

The garlic scapes curl,

delicate loops, ready to

flower or be cut—snip!

 

Lyman 2022

 

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