Two Summer Poems

Sunny Day

beautiful weather here

you won’t find me

dead today

I’d eat a thousand bullets

to no ill-effect

tomorrow they say

it’ll rain

we’ll see, then

Couple Hours Before Memorial Day

doves cooed

at twilight

that’s all over

now

I’m

sitting still

somewhere in

the outside dark

little bit of moonlight

falling through

some black trees

frogs, bugs, buzz

black powder

new summer bombs

the roll of cars

as waves

crashing

on the two

lane highway

I’m drinking bourbon

and lemon

slouched here

content

music-less

couple of those

tall saint

candles

burning.

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