Day 20 and 21 (a twofer) NaPoWriMo

20 April

At the overflow pond, at the decorative fountain of Fountain Parkway
the goslings – the goose-lings – wander the manicured lawn
like puffs of weeds, eight balls in motion with their overseers
the gander and the goose, up and down the hillock.

At the nearby bank, beside the ATM drive another goose
couple have built their nest; fierce looks whenever a car
drives by, how close to the busy road are they, how close
to foxes and coyotes coming from the farmer’s fields.

These geese do not care here where the bank manager use to place
a decoy coyote to drive the geese away and how the whole
bank staff watched the morning a gander took the decoy apart
and then plopped down on the welcome mat until well after opening time.

21 April 

Senate

Smug mugger Josh Hawley (R-MO) tells a lie
a bona fide, hero woman, Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
calls his lie and holds the truth to the light
it is what it always has been – no one is listening.

Class Roster

The Rylees, the Kylees, the Emmas, Hannahs, Saras,
Sarahs, Sashas, Lamiya and Trinity are all here.
There is no other Mary, after so long what relief.