no, that's not how the song goes
even after the bombs fell
and so many of us died
he never changed his tune
revised tanka:
january ballet
of dancing on ice
no one has trained me
how to fall or how to fail
gracefully
original version:
surviving the latest storm
I slide down the ice
on the driveway
and regain my footing
in the snow
the test results
on my phone ignored
day of the dead hike
one last hill to climb
before going home
haunted hayride
the ghosts of headlights
on a divided highway
the civil war cave buried
under this road
*The cave was located near Powder Valley Conservation area. It was destroyed during the construction of Highway 270.
I'm sure there was cake
and a balloon or two
I'll keep singing, "Happy Birthday,"
even though you stopped listening
a long time ago