Greens (after the storm)

Young Lady cuts

her salad, piece

by piece -- Carolina

Sunset splashes

the still-wet grass as

blonde as her hair, she

eats a chunk

of bleu cheese,

smiles to her friend,

and waves her non-

eating hand to

a cloudless sky.

Raleigh, NC

3-19-2012

But what now?

California was born
when the wave rolled back
and the glacier melted

so

the redwoods grew, gold
exposed, people (beautiful
people, mostly) made movies

and

dreamers in a dream-crazy
nation were allowed to dream
a little more. Dude,

it

was all
so --
good.

Redlands, CA
10/4/10