June 21


Earth is wobbly. So what?

Today is slightly longer 

than yesterday or tomorrow.

South of here it's slightly shorter.

So what?

Somewhere a stray 

kitten is shivering

in summer rain.

Somewhere a neglected

boy is loading

his father's gun.

Isn't every inhalation 

a Summer solstice, 

every exhalation

a Winter one?

If there is a god

she doesn't care as much

about your suns and birth signs,

your sabbaths and full moons,

the vast animal skeletons

roaming through your sky,

as she cares about the smile

you could have given

to a friend last night,

the grace you might say

to a stranger this evening,

or the breath you savor

this moment, like a sunrise

in your chest.

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