A Happy Dad’s Day
“It takes time”
A father said
To himself.
I thought about the world
& the possibility
For becoming as well of a Hurled
By now, that child
heard the pins
& within
Their misses & wins
Visibility of all
Falling out a downhill.
But a river is kinder alone
Fishing forth,
I accompanied my father to more.
It is my birthday
He poured himself a cheap white wine into the glass and took a long-winded sip.
“It's my real birthday today!” He reemphasized while penciling an eyebrow.
“And I’ll say,” He continued.
“I’ll say it again,” He belted.
“I’ve had real food, drinks, music, clothes, and admiration.” He could recall.
“I’d been intellectually mine for so long.” He remembered.
He whirled dry the bits of white wine.
“I’ll go. And, I’ll say it entirely during Pride Month! It's my gay birthday. It’s my celebration. But, I must go to the parade first.”
He placed the wig and shut the door behind.
The Islanders: The Odd Storm from Madeline’s
The lightning’s bolts came around the darkling moonlight.
The madness stopped in the neighborhood with him— whether much of it was noticeable to you, this keenness for dreaming sprung a pandemic.
I dismantled myself from it entirely.
The neighbors were all familiar, yet they considered everything to be an old custom perplexed in Hymenaeus from Greece.
Anyhow, his conscience navigated unguided and in an unhinged state. This seemed true.
He amused us all with a polite gesture—this was true—but it was expected. We all were.
The property was purchased in their youthful coupling. Being so, I believed, as much as they did, that a warmness departed. It was true.
The neighbors forgot that Madeline shunned—him precisely— from that home.
He frequented the sea afterward.
The island had been dry for three days.
The cloudy waters begged to be heard.
Those neighbors outside surprisingly unify a—-love! That was the disease.
From this side, the trees afflicted a shade; and so, the house was never empty. I don’t want us to be gossipy. But yesterday; the winds blew leaves away to a warm whistling tune. They say the lighthouse kept the boat at bay.
But I’m tired, Nancy. And I’m going back to work tomorrow.
Stay up if you want, for this storm will last until you rest.