Ken Wagner

04-28-20

Class of 2020
Waiting in the woodshed
for the rain to end

Each raindrop
returns again –
Labored breathing

Each raindrop –
Labored breathing
returns again

Tulips push
through the soil
Commerce returns

Spring rains
soften the soil
Exhale

Suicide hotline
Broken branches gather at the bend
in the creek

These years
Sparrows in the trees
at daybreak

Spray-talkers
Ants on a soggy
slice of bread

Antibodies
Robins peck
at the sunny grass

Starless night
Cold coffee
with milk

Heavy snow
Under the boughs
of the evergreen