rain and Beethoven and morning coffee
sitting in the basement
forgetting the season outside
as long as the lights stay on
the next map
machine: rejection / when there is no way back /
there is always / the next map
Spring Rain: High and Tight Grass Cut
A break from the rain: the neighbors
dragged their push mowers out
in defense of curb appeal
and the high and tight grass cut
so popular in post war diaspora
the retooled farms of yards and slab houses
protected by DTP and the attitude
that defeated the Nazis.