last week of summer as Taichung wind chills

last week of summer as Taichung wind chills
mix smoldering smoke of spent stalk patties 
with power plant zinc-tongued bitter residue
as furrows are built for potato rain to seep
so for lunar new year spuds can creep

yesterday department story ramen noodling 
movie evening with cheese, wine, and wife 
me like Bill Murray, her Sheepshead Bay saint
with E-Z Con Thursday's child bowling for dollars 
Mandarin student pulling hamstrings for dinner

Wednesday swimming and blogging on
evening movie rocked to sleep
Tuesday's return from Tainan Congress
closing ceremony awards and applause  
lovely Rita's climatic effortless cause

Tainan Monday, Green Tunnel and museum 
Matzu temple touring to Eternal Golden Castle
an evening with beer, fried fish and friends
Sunday a swim after Plum Rain recitation
historical library humbling sensation

Saturday railroad elevated southbound
check-in at Tayih Landis gala dinner
meeting dignitaries and poets exchanging books 
forgetting Friday's child who never showed
one long story growing old

Thursday tutorial lost in Plum Rain translation
middle school  students exposing Child Labour 
readers theater troupe in final rehearsal
after Wednesday peddling bike up the Han
rice paddies blossomed already farmed 

up from a Kaohsiung one writer workshop
to ride northwesterly winds down the river
blocked by a mother's son my thoughts forlorn
with strength in my faith, Brooklyn born, i go
onto jolly rancher teachers where all ants swarm 

Oct. 31, 2016