Musak

Coffee shop musak drones on

Doing battle with the humming

Refrigerator, clanking of dishes

And cars outside accelerating,

Slashing through rain, to make the light

A song I never liked, a group I never cared for

Makes me beg for a commercial

Yet, revives a memory

Of laughter and banter

Connected to something that is no more

The song is gone

And I look out the window

At drenched trees with leaves aflame

Soon to drop

And be no more

Things I Don't Like

Number one. Going to the doctor.

Not that going to the doctor
is the number one thing
that I don't like.
It's just, that it's the next thing
I need to do, that I don't like.
So, it defaults to be the
first thing on the list.
There are many other things that
I don't like. I know there are.
But I can't think
of them now.

Dear Rain,

Dear Rain,

This may be a difficult conversation.
You left about three months ago
No notice or warning
One day you're with us
Next day gone
We're not used to this
At times you've been away
For a week or two
But this was different
Day after day
Week after week
Until we started counting by months
We heard you were in other places
Far away places
Let's be honest
We thought you didn't care
And so we moved on
Seemingly endless sunny days
We got used to it
But this morning you came back
There was a bit of warning
Things felt different
The past few days
Guess you can come and go
As you please
But you need to understand
We are people
We have feelings
What we're trying to say
Is that we may need to
Renegotiate this relationship
We sincerely hope you understand