replacing a tear

-sage smoke

the room full of prayer

 hard day

 -I decide to pick Ganesha

a rose petal

willow tree 
- stooping slowly 
to fill her water jug

redwood stump 
three thousand rings 
your monument

buddha's smudge stick
-godless mosquitos
kept at bay

summer nears
the sirens
grow louder

the geese have returned
and still
you are gone

planting tulips

-my forgotten coffee

 warmed by the sun

rusty spigot

the camelia bush

overgrown

the red eyed wolf pack-

rush hour traffic

comes to a halt

musical chairs -
an uneasy feeling
permeates the office

the state of the union
- a crumpled
lottery ticket