The grass is only green when it rains.
If it’s not going to rain, I’d rather have weeds.
Or a mix, just in case the weather decides
to do a little of each.
Seven Eleven
There are no Seven Elevens
in this vicinity
and so to use our gift card,
we have some friends to see.
Mount Rainier
There’s a place that I hold dear,
and that place is Mount Rainier.
I haven’t been there in three years.
I let out a sigh in lieu of tears.
Quite Quietly
If you don’t have something nice to say,
don’t say anything at all,
so we must live quite quietly
on earth after the fall.
Beautiful and Strong
Each woman that works
at the pet food store
weighs about two models,
quite possibly more.
She swings fifty pounds of chicken feed
like nothing to her shoulder.
I think “You’re beautiful and strong!”
Maybe I should have just told her.
Nice Enough
People at church are nice enough.
They shake your hand and such and such,
they ask you, nicely, how you’ve been
and are so very thankful when
you sign up to help with something.
Plus sometimes there are cookies for munching.
But if I were looking for a group of friends
this is really not where my search would end.
But at church, God’s word hits close to home,
and that is why we go to Shalom.
Stomping Grounds
You give new meaning to “stomping grounds”
about every other day,
and I always have to wonder
if you’re here or away.