Farmers vote for you-know-who. You-know-who implements tariffs. Tariffs annihilate farmers. You-know-who decrees $1.8 billion to help farmers.

The American people get stuck with the tab. Thanks, farmers. NOT!

a pot of chili and cornbread,

warm & fresh from the oven —

butter, slathered generously

a cold glass of Ovaltine

winter tummies, satisfyingly fed

mismatched argyle socks

Pippi Longstocking tangles

gaunt face painted in defiance —

her intractable iron will

pushes an unwary staff

back on their heels

garbage bins stand, at attention, curbside —

refuse-bags filled with autumn leaves,

their lonely compatriots

in the dark, driving rain of an early morning

sheath of fog

mists Lake Colchester —

terraced hills,

barely discernible

in the just beyond

Two poems of mine, Arctic and field, were published today in January House Literary Journal, “a meeting place for diverse expressions, urgent conversations, and the ever-evolving landscapes of contemporary literature and art.”

Click here to access the PDF version of the issue. Print copies are available on Amazon.

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