January 3rd, 2018, Wednesday
Observation
The radiators here do not clang and bang, they are filled with hot water, not steam
I hear the flow in a low-pitched rush, as the boilers work to beat the cold-air seeping through the windowsills
Kitty is curled up in her blue blanket, head on paws, on her stuffed gray chair
The quiet is broken intermittently by the sound of the neighbor's toilet
My lady is tossing in her sleep, coughing, struck down by a January virus
February 3rd, 2018, Saturday
Observation
It is dark in the room, the lamp by my desk has gone out
I am writing, typing by the glow of the computer screen
Backlit by a lamp on the end-table by the couch behind me
The talk from the TV contains notes of treason
The orange-man has pulled the curtain from its rungs
He meant to cover his naked ambitions, he revealed the fragile crumbling facade of American plutocracy
We are governed by Hades, lord of the underworld, and his host of kleptocrats
Thieves, like dull orange-rats scurrying for crumbs
My cat sits on her blue chair, she is bored of her string
I can hear her breathing, soft purring
She would make short work of those rodents
The neighbor's door opens across the hall
A car starts in the cold, outside, a plane flies overhead to the airport, landing
The city is full of revelers
Tomorrow is the Super Bowl
March 3rd, 2018, Saturday
Observation
My tawny-tabby kitty is talking to me, short little bursts of sound like a baby mumbling...crying
It is quiet in the house, otherwise, there is stillness
She thinks it is past the time for everyone to be up, moving about
She cannot read the clock
She does not know it is Saturday
April 3rd, 2018, Tuesday
Observation
Everything is covered in snow
A thick sheet of ice clings to the ground beneath it
The treachery of April
Cold, seeping through the windows
Plows scrape the street with rumbling thunder
The green lawn is hidden by a white shroud
Robin complains and retreats to his nest
He will keep the eggs warm and eat tomorrow
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The Skein of Days
Poetrypoetic reflections from direct observations and immediate impressions of the world
