on the back patio once again
Canadian Glencarin half full of
one hundred and one proof bird
a middle-shelf stick in hand
perusing a paper cigar catalog
a rainstorm just passed
and a rainbow illuminates itself
another fine time to be alive
but the tranquility and peacefulness
that I should feel is interrupted
first by my beast of a dog
barking at the neighbors
then by these goddamned flies
crashing into my head
landing on me
and in my drink
I guess I should start bringing a
saucer outside with me
to place atop my glass
now there’s sirens in the distance
crackles of thunder close by
a fly in my drink
and
the
rainbow
is
gone
…so much for a relaxing evening
