birthday blues, allegro and dirge /  8.22.

my-o-my. Is it Cantaloupe 22nd already?

my son, mea culpa! mea maxima culpa!––

sure, I can be faulted, but how time zips!

and wouldn't you know on your special day

the orange-tinted virus is hitting the airwaves,

Los Angeles is under fire and needs a drink,

Afghanistan’s a dusty mess, (unlike last month,

––you know, all grassy, fragrant and cheerful)

and I hear through the grapevine, congressional

republican knuckleheads are scheming an initiative

to pollute the atmosphere of Venus!

what a whacky buncha cocoanuts. I mean,

the place is pretty much screwed as it is, right?

well...what's left to say?

proud.   #birthday #dirge #fragrant #pizza