This Is Yet Another Reason
why I love her —
she took the round lemon candy
put it into her mouth
broke it in two while
walking towards me
with no words but a
smile in her eyes
tongued one candy half
into my mouth and
stood her ground
How Lucky We Are Once Again
I haven’t been able to breathe right for eight weeks
After four months working on a mucky flooded river
The doctors are listening but the doctors don’t get it right
There’s always drugs, though this seems fungal and absorbing
When I bend down to pet our cat with its very pink nose
I can’t help but think how hard this would be for him
A Free Man
I haven’t voted in our town
very democratic town meeting
for years and years and years
stay home
let others do the job they like to do
I’m starting to forget what everyone looks like
Live & Learn
Squeaking floor boards
above your head —
that carpenter you were 30 years ago
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Bob Arnold
BEAUTIFUL DAYS
Longhouse, 2013
photo by Two Hands 2017
