I Didn’t Have the Chance to Write A Poem Today
but I did walk with my nephew
visiting from Colorado
who explained the mycorrhizal –
fungal web to me like a scientist
not a third grader
as he pedaled Pop’s bike
up Victory
to show me his pit stops
the spinning thing
(a double glass pinwheel),
the one pretty flower bed,
the rain wire “like we have”
and the Black Lives Matter sign
“Because black lives DO MATTER!!!”
I grinned as he turned there
to coast down the hill
just as his cousin joined us
to say, “time to go home”
and I thought to myself
he’s gonna be alright
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But you did just great at not writing a poem! You’re gonna be alright!