1.
A gaudy omen outside my neighbor’s window,
bougainvillea’s flash mob of purple miniskirts.
Let autocorrect create the comic simile.
Today is like another opportunity
for sinning.
2.
The Canada Geese on a long sabbatical
from their career of migration—
they enjoy this new-found park so much
they may never go back to work.
Their maps have folded in disobedience.
3.
Enough of bad weather, the hot and littered streets,
a single dandelion roaring at the speedsters.
I’m jealous of people who believe lead floats.
The tongues of my shoes lap at my feet.
The Shades Pulled Up and Down
