Wednesday, December 21, 2022

We Haven't Had to Bury Anyone in the Garden - poem

 

Lawrence Hall

Mhall46184@aol.com

poeticdrivel.blogspot.com

 

We Haven’t Had to Bury Anyone in the Garden

 

Hands shivering while insulating the pipes

Extra cover and food for the animals

Antifreeze for the car; are the neighbors okay

Some of the store shelves are empty, but we’ll make do

 

We have a generator if the power fails

And lots of wood for the stove in the den

A good camp stove and a coffee pot

A roof over our heads and intact walls

 

Because we’re on this side of the ocean

No gunfire, air-raid warnings, or bombs

No comments: