Erie, PA, 2024

after the eclipse we drove

to the bicentennial tower,

its two-hundred steps

more than any of us

could climb in one breath

A Nickel for Your Thoughts

 

50 days

to unravel the economy

let’s get rid of pennies

as if that were the issue

keeping us up at night

remembering 

the January 6th insurrection

I will not pardon

the snow's return

nor shake its icy hand

Welcome to

the 52nd state

of US healthcare

I hope you've been dealt

a rich set of cards

 

broken promises

if Santa had you on his list

you'd have enough coal by now

to heat the entire world

until the end of time

built in 1883

the narrows covered bridge

its lifespan stronger

than any words I have

to describe it

November regrets

at a roadside diner

I never found out

who bought my meal

nor had a chance to thank them.

La Roche de la Croix

what a view the pirates had

from the limestone ledges 

of Tower Rock

the Mississippi so low

I can retrace their footsteps

"Were cut down out of time, whose foundation was overflown with a flood"

Job 22:16

Crossing the Dunes

flood waters rushing 

through the Sahara

as though it were a biblical tale

the palm trees standing

in their own reflections

"Do No Harm"

whir

of the fan blades

the top speed not enough

to keep us cool 

during the debate