on the day before Earth Day
the parched ground seethes with thirst
a neighbor employs a plastic milk jug
to water his Home Depot shrubs
kids scale an idling Avalanche
while mom chants microwave mantras into a Bluetooth
I finish laying a blanket of phosphates on the lawn
then fall asleep to the 2 cycle lullaby of my leaf blower
it's 70 degrees in North Jersey
snow is forecast for Pittsburgh
in our blue day of expectation
we brace for tomorrow's deluge
on the morrow
we will honor the earth
yet manana never seems to come
we relish the comfort of today's savage civility
Music Selection: Elvis Presley,
Tomorrow Never Comes
Oakland
4/21/12
jbm
Apr 22, 2012
Apr 22, 2012 at 1:50 PM UTC
on the day before Earth Day
the parched ground seethes with thirst
a neighbor employs a plastic milk jug
to water his Home Depot shrubs
kids scale an idling Avalanche
while mom chants microwave mantras into a Bluetooth
I finish laying a blanket of phosphates on the lawn
then fall asleep to the 2 cycle lullaby of my leaf blower
it's 70 degrees in North Jersey
snow is forecast for Pittsburgh
in our blue day of expectation
we brace for tomorrow's deluge
on the morrow
we will honor the earth
yet manana never seems to come
we relish the comfort of today's savage civility
Music Selection: Elvis Presley,
Tomorrow Never Comes
Oakland
4/21/12
jbm
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