stadium rumbles & roars

alumni pride colors the stands

anticipation ripples & surges —

the ball is snapped

and here we go!

every poem begins
as a superfluous conglomeration
of letters, vowels,

white space
and excess

they trickle in —

the Likes, the Shares, the Restacks

a few Comments, if we’re lucky;

racking up Followers

& new Subscribers —

all those dopamine hits

we covet like the drooling dogs

we uncomfortably suspect

we really, truly, pathetically are

Farmageddon ~

cardinal / gold v. purple

this Irish lass

says Go Cyclones!!

sightless eyes

mute mouths, deaf ears

the disablement

of the American people

~ for Wesley

loading the boat after a day on the water

sandhill crane flies overhead, magnificently

late August sun taps the hilltop, chef’s kiss

cellphone radar images:  red, nearly black; moving fast

cellphone alerts: danger ahead; seek shelter

cellar:  a place of refuge

cellar:  where one goes & hopes not to die