. . . twice today
I apologized
to
Nature
for
Nature -
as if the natural order
were in my power
somehow -
as if the divine plan
somehow became
uncommon -
an aberrant event !
I first said
" I'm so sorry ! " -
to perennials
petunias and tomatoes
for the
life-choking
Cottonwood cotton
layered
in inches
all over them
by 4 immense trees
next door to the east
pulled by the western sun
to tower over
my yard mostly
and not the yard they
grow from ~
" I'm sorry " I said
and " damn those woolly
bully trees "
as I began to
uncover
everything grown and
growing
by my hand -
fruits of my labor
choking to death
every year
at this time -
the rescue reverie
interrupted
by the insistent
squawking of a
Robin pair
whose baby has been
caught
by the neighbor's cat -
who is coming around the corner
with a brand new
feather beard and
mustache !!!
He sat down in the middle of
my backyard
and devoured
the young one
in front of God
and me
and another horrified neighbor
as the baby's parents dive-bombed him
trying to get close enough to
peck
his eyes out
but then
he's a cat -
doing what cats do
best
and King of the Jungle
he looked like to me
as I
walked away -
did not want to see -
telling parents who
objected
cried
bitched
grieved and lamented
for hours
until
darkness fell ~
" I'm so sorry " . . .
Domestic Violet
Semper Vi ~
Survivor . . . from the VORTEX
