I sit here now
On March 22
And think about the inappropriateness
Of humming “Valentine and Garuda”
By Frank Black and the Catholics
As songs are only good for two seasons —
Soul Coughing’s “Soft Serve” good for winter and spring and
“Valentine and Garuda” good for fall and winter
.
Where the brown leaves might fall
By the St. Mary’s lake
To get buried under leagues of brown sludge
As if in New Jersey
.
Or you might shelter from the snow
In the bar where the slim bartender
Talks to you and makes your day
.
And down the street
You see that little girl
Who used to work at the grocery store
Now bartending, all grown up and saying she’d
“Rather bang Patrick Mahomes”
Than Aaron Rodgers,
.
Looking straight into your eyes and
You realize
You’re alive
And
.
This is
What people do to
Meditate
.
Before
The central heat,
Electric Lighting,
.
Steaming water and
General house-of-cards opportunism
Of it all.