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