stay happy and well
for when you return to us
We know Spring is here

we fly far away
to far warmer shores than yours,
we'll be back one day

Tell me little birds
Where do you go in winter
when you leave oour shores.

birds fly here and there
As they keep warm in winter
Fastly flapping wings

birds make shapes like runes
or strange symbols in the sky
ever changing form

Hands and feet are warm
If I sit near a hot fire
but turn blue outside

CONTAMINANTS
Contaminants foul
up every landscape these days,
say I thrashingly.



CONTAMINANTS [II]
Contaminants bring
enough horrid outflowing
to keep worlds growling.

YOUR OFFICE
Your office vibrates
with enough activity
to waken my grief.


YOUR OFFICE [II]
Your office has good
air conditioning and fine,
young secretaries.

Weak sun yesterday
I felt happier and warm
today, dark clouds back

Sunshine aplenty
that seems obstructed by clouds
turns some goats jaunty.

the sun is smiling,
clouds chasing across the sky
will soon bring the tears

When weather turns cold
I manage to seem devoid
of most nonchalance.

Hot chocolate I love
a large steaming mug of it
Sat near a hot fire

HOT COCOA
Hot cocoa deserves
to be served in cups or mugs
and in all niches.



HOT COCOA [II]
Hot cocoa when sipped
or guzzled has much presence
in our whirligig.

when sharp words are said,
they are like weapons, like knives
that cut to the heart



soft words are like salve
that soothe with their gentle tone,
healing through the ears

REMARKS
Remarks may reveal
far more about good farming
than about good books.



REMARKS [II]
Remarks that matter
include ones that soon skitter
all over our plans.

THE FIX
The fix that seemed best
included a camera bad
yet developing.


THE FIX [II]
The fix prettier
than any universal
"Whoa!" still doth nag us.

EMBRACE ME
Embrace me, along
with my tendencies to sing
a bit too offly.


EMBRACE ME [II]
Embrace me, a man
in search of true love and of
natty tennis shoes.

ALLOTMENTS
Allotments of salt
gave pillars of our township
some slinking feelings.


ALLOTMENTS [II]
Allotments described
how that corn-fed astrolabe
played hog of its tribe.

Underfoot is wet
Damp leaves lying on the ground
Will it ever be fine?

FINE MUSIC
Fine music resounds
among the very rafters
and thus seems olden.


FINE MUSIC [II]
Fine music echoes
ultimate strong renditions
of plain inaneness.

Dear **Gilly**: I've put
one of my 'items' -- bravely --
in that bright sequence.

Dear Bruce, don't be shy,
come and join November link
a warm welcome waits

OUR OPTIONS
Our options decide
the fate of many factors
one sneeze may dictate.


OUR OPTIONS [II]
Our options compelled
every form of drink unmulled
to be fought over.

HOT MUSTARD
Hot mustard wakens
much baloney that rules me
whenever we meet.


HOT MUSTARD [II]
Hot mustard surely
behaves very near purely
to keep hair curly.