Day’s grand opening –

large snow flakes, some ice, some rain.

What will day’s finale be?

~

Reallocate snow

from our northern border. We

must build a bigly igloo!

Oh how I wish we

could make America great

with a no confidence vote!

~

It is indeed a

national emergency

when demagogues rule.

A pink and purple

skyway, dotted here and there

with pirouetting Starlings.

~

When we turn our eyes

to the sky, our sinking mood

may rise and pirouette too.

February rains –

kids complain it isn’t snow,

but keep hoping for a freeze.

~

Any rain that falls

when the freezing point is near

would be more welcome as snow.

Failing health does not

define disability,

that’s capitulation’s insult.

~

One man’s failing health

could well be another man’s

disability.

Humpy Trumpy stands

for a wall, lost his balance,

could take a great fall.

~

All Senate horses’

asses and Congressional

toads can’t keep his cracked mind whole.

Do you ever feel

like you’re a small particle

in another’s universe?

~

Every vast ego

underestimates microbes

until the fever rages.

Center has not held.

The falconer’s gone golfing

on his executive time.

~

Evangelicals,

see him slouching toward the swamp

and golf-clap with dispassion.

We’re here now, but we

never know when we will go.

How then should we spend our time?

~

Best to go quickly!

Once the government shuts down,

we’ll spend all our time in line.

What should the statute

of limitations be on

gross insensitivity?

~

Sensitivity

can’t be regulated. It 

has to be cultivated.

In a life filled with

external demands, it can

be hard to tend to the soul.

~

Soul tending demands

fierce internal assessment

and clear external report.

Does just royalty

expect loyal sycophants,

or does everyone?

~

Loyal sycophant ?

Who wants someone who butters 

you up while letting you down?

This dusting of snow

 can’t begin to compare with

some snow jobs I’ve seen.

~

Icy demeanor

of fiery rhetoric,

all con men are cold hearted.

Effortlessly he

maintains his sanguine affect

during exsanguination.

~

Perhaps if he were

on the receiving end, he

would lose his sanguine affect.

I guess when you are

a genius president, you

don’t need input from intel.

~

This current culture,

replete with egotism,

tends to engender “fake news”.

Is a rigid mask

any less dysfunctional

than explosive emotion?

~

It’s been so long since

I’ve seen a rigid public 

mask, I wouldn’t know.

Sow seeds of smallness.

Short-circuit signs of service.

Sacrifice your soul.

~or~

Contemplate chaos,

consider coalitions,

cultivate community.

Aging gracefully

is not for the faint of heart

or for the weak of spirit.

~

Aging gratefully

can strengthen the muscles of

both heart and spirit.

Where do you turn when

it’s your turn to take the lead

and no one follows?

~

People are often loath

to play follow the leader.

Just lead anyway.

Is this compromise,

or more amoral slight of hand

by the greatest shister in chief?

~

Less compromise than

cave, an act driven not by

cleverness but fear…

The sun refused

to let those dark clouds define

the day. It shone anyway.

~

Some deluded sons

think they shine bright regardless

all dark cloudy evidence.

An ugly knit toque

balms pains of knitter’s passing

simply by wearing

~

By wearing the toque

you honor the knitter and

your place in her heart.

Froth’s a pleasing tease.

Matters of substance take time 

to digest. What’s Trump’s meal plan?

~

A sop to the right,

totally lacking substance,

is exactly what we have!

When frigid breezes

blow in from the frozen north,

will the swamp ice over?

~

Ice comes and ice goes,

but the swamp remains, lasting

home of swampy things.

If words were enough,

he could have built a stone wall

miles high by now.

~

Already been done-

written walls ’round stone cold hearts-

“Fountainhead” to “Atlas Shrugged”.

There’s more to courage

than expressing indignation

in the face of injustice.

~

The heart of courage –

facing adversity with

dignity and some humor.

If we could only

see beyond our “no’s” perhaps

what we see would change.

~

When the sea change comes,

even the “Party of No”

will know the party’s over.

Let us not sorrow,

even though we would like to.

Instead, let’s walk with Mary.

~

To walk with Mary

we must be ready, like she,

“to dance for the world”.

Time and time again,

we ask “Why me and why now?”,

but never get an answer.

~

 Allusive answers

are often nature’s response

to ill-conceived inquiry.

Patiently waiting

for the people to bestow

a resounding obloquy.

~

The majority

didn’t and don’t support him.

His enablers must go.