AprilDawn

AprilDawn May 2014

Bacon

flavored air
escapes
under the back door crack
Anticipation hangs
over the pool
in waves
dog cries
pierce the morning calm.

Our resident senior hound Soph use to get some of those nibbles from bacon mornings.Now her tummy can't handle them anymore....

#baconcrispsair

AprilDawn May 2014

Wish

Easy Bake Oven
I lack
cannot make cake
in my bedroom
I Promise
not to bake
my Barbies
Mom

Something I desperately wanted as a kid. I think it held back my decent baking years .I learned to bake finally at 22.Was a long ,hard road to that point though...could have been avoided ...(pointed sigh)

#tinycakesinroom

AprilDawn May 2014

Bandit

Who dares to steal
in the dead of night
sacred morsels
right out
from under his nose
mount an inquisition
follow the trail
to it’s deviant source
Halt !
he bellows
who goes there
brandishing implements
of sacrilege
close the gates
seal off the moat
no ones leaves until
such savagery
is exposed
cunning lies
stuck down
under the white hot glare
of the fridge light
clandestine cheese snatchers
   take heed
your nibbles
are numbered !

Another poem about sharing the fridge...my Dad ( who we were living with at the time ) had a few moments of "where did my snack go "? !

#snacksbegone

AprilDawn May 2014

The Days

slip away
and I remember
even less
of you
my life has
melted into
tomorrows
you’ll never see

Yes, don't know if it's a function of surviving tragedy by our brains -I only remember certain memories not daily life as much anymore.Written in 2006 or 7 I believe .

#lifewithoutyou

AprilDawn May 2014

Mail Call

for a
a dead man
who
can't buy wine

a timeshare
in Florida

finance
a mortgage

go back
to school

use a senior discount
for an age he never
reached

oddly enough
it seems
his state
of
non physicality
impedes
his purchase
capabilites

fatally

This is before identity stealing became common place , this is about how much mail I still got for years after my husband died.The AARP was the most persistent and wouldn't stop hounding him for his discount cards ( he died at 49) .It followed me to 3 states and I had to make so many calls....

#deadmailpile

AprilDawn May 2014

Potzberg Park

Chickens
clucking
white
feathered
pantaloons
Cute
I don't want to eat you
cute chickens
in crisp pantaloons
Not hungry
Drumsticks
Wings
Two ******* please
Cole slaw
Biscuits and honey
Mashed potatoes and gravy
Confused
I don't want to eat you
Chickens
clucking
white
feathered
pantaloons
Cute
I don't want to eat you
Popeyes,Lee’s, KFC-
Are your chickens this pretty?

An animal petting zoo/park we visited back in the day when our daughter was younger and a lifetime of fried chicken dinners .Those were such pretty chickens.Yes, I did say that .

#sadcarnivore

AprilDawn May 2014

Yard Work Pending

My garden gnomes
continue to groan
as weeds
climb up
their hineys

Yup, I own gnomes. They brighten up any green patch, but tend to be whiners it seems....

#gnomesmyhome