birds and squirrels

today I’m watching small birds 

flitting on the branches of our pine 

white markings on their heads 

snow covers ground below 

white sparkle in the sun 

today I’m watching the squirrels 

chase each other across the snow and up the tree 

perfectly balanced along branches 

today I’m watching life in winter

20 days

20 days in the desert 

20 days in the rain

20 days in the wilderness

20 days in mental pain

40 pokes with a needle

40 tests of my blood

40 blood pressure changes

40 days of the flood

every time I get taken

for a test or a scan

for a new procedure

for a way out   a plan

I remember the oasis

of my life at home

full of people who love me

my rosetta stone

Trump series II #1

old senile lawless
nasty immature selfish
unpresidential