I’d advise: do not go out
when there is no wind.
A mosquito will slurp you up his snout
and spit you out again.
At Once
There are lots of things that I can do,
but really shouldn’t do at once.
For instance, it would not be shrewd
to brush my teeth while I eat lunch.
The Rain Is Like a Curtain
The rain is like a curtain,
the drops are like the cloth,
that thick and heavy velvet
with corners chewed by moths.
The world outside’s a theater.
We turn the script’s first page.
Until the rain stops falling,
we’ll practice here, backstage.
Secret
Who do you love?
Some you seem to love
because you yourself
love to laugh,
love to feel good,
love to feel loved.
Think of the person
for whom
you could always keep a secret.
Coffee Cake
There is no coffee in this cake,
despite what you might think.
They must call it that because
it’s good enough to drink.
My Sister
Now my sister’s all grown up.
That is, she’s graduated.
But if she still finds more to learn,
well, I guess we are related.
Honors
Some are good at music,
and some are good at math.
Some people get a sentence,
and some a paragraph.
A name sounds good in honors,
a name sounds good in praise,
and a soul sounds best in sweet, still rest,
with humble hands upraised.