dogs begin to bark all over my neighborhood

dogs begin to bark all over my neighborhood

fish converge in the ocean

earthworms surface in droves

but birds still call each other near the Han

box elder true bugs invade and congregate

from a parched potato field near a mountain

barely seen through shrouding smog

neighbors careless about what i am attending

going wrong ways up one-way streets

as i notice every bird’s different colored wings

though drivers on cell phones ignore approaching ambulances

and parents of noisy adolescents choose to wear headphones

i am wide-eyed as global temperatures fluctuate

even pick a few potatoes before it is too late

one kind step in the direction of someone i love

one stroke of genius in swimming pool laps

pedaling  bicycle wheel revolutions

that is the best solution 

March 20, 2017

the river flows south in flatlines to the strait

the river flows south in flatlines to the strait

as bicyclists peddle briskly against the wind

up slopes that youthful riders cope 

restlessly reaching their peaks

until aging stumbles them downstream

pooling up at dams

wild horse wheels galloping 

sliding day into night over ends

o to be youthfully invincible

compensating for every error

fumbling through every endeavor

without becoming devoured

to pulse a youthful heart of heated air

rising like white butterflies on thermal drafts

like spirits flitting to and fro

overcoming every crosswind blow

gravitational enemy of time

as over the falls we eventually go

washed up driftwood and polluted

to rise in the sun shaft over the ledge

March 11, 2017