Dark leaves, dry bark mulch
clouds full of rain, not falling.
The cars don't care, fast
to other places, other yards.
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Dark leaves, dry bark mulch
clouds full of rain, not falling.
The cars don't care, fast
to other places, other yards.
Change your tune
before it is too late
baby baby baby
change your name
now, while the going's
now, before later.
It wasn't just any old yodel. It was
a large sound in the small valley,
small by valley standards. The dips
and shadows behind boulders. Amazing
clatters that threw down small pebbles
before the skitter and plop.
I looked at the sea. Its choices and waves,
curving towards the land, away from the sea!
How could they call life one big fishbowl
when it is, in fact, one big sea. One that
beckons to be thought about, felt.
Something was amiss.
It was always the same something.
Anyway, back to raising my cats,
they're growing up fine. One has
a sleek coat and the other
is almost an angora.
I was supposed to follow the instructions
about keeping quiet
especially regarding a certain lively creature
and what to call the little weirdo. In reality,
what did I miss in all the commotion?
The rinky-dink little town. Its drab streets
leading to pioneer graveyards. Plus,
what to do after seeing all the dust
and used up trees?