Burn

Hot desert winds blow

Wildfires burn

Out of control

Birds fly going nowhere

Feathers blown smooth

Rendered useless

Forward motion denied

By swirling dust bowl heat 

Blue jean clad legs bake

Cloth clinging to seared skin

As scorched limbs search for respite shade

On a cracked yellow patio

Heaving with parched nausea 

While gritty eyes squint 

Seeking a purple blue vision 

Of clawing hissing greenery 

Enslaving twigs scratching at windows

Demanding entrance 

Etching sacrilegious patterns on the panes

And the hound sniffs the air

Confused by flustered smokey scents

Body chucking their way into her

Hot dry snout

But the brown mud hole yard remains calm

Skulking under the radar

Barely kissed by movement

Last day of April 

Waiting for May

©kcasady2014

Happy Birthday

Happy birthday to me

My natal birthday

On this day

April 18

One of my mothers gave birth to me

One week later

My other mother picked me up

My birthday history begins there

A long time ago

This morning

I wanted to cry

Because

No birthday cake

It’s Passover

Friday breakfast buddies out of town

Bad timing

And I’ve gotten too old to sleep with gorgeous young men

Darn 

So I took myself out for a birthday walk with my hound

Had a pleasant birthday shower

Went to a birthday meeting of like-minded spiritual people

Enjoyed a birthday soy latte complements of Starbucks

My friend Nik presented me with birthday flowers

And the list goes on

No need to cry

The day given to me

Worked

Birthday dinner and theater

Alas still no birthday cake

But birthday Caesar salad

Birthday chicken piccata

Affogado for my birthday dessert

Book of Mormon for birthday entertainment 

Usually

I get to see my birthday

Once a day

At 4:18

If I remember to look

Today

My phone said

April 18

For twenty four hours

Nice

©kcasady2014