Clean the bathroom and 
Transition my home decor 
To spring from winter 

It hurts 
sometimes this 
being honest 
a kind 
of burn
that gnaws
and yet
never blisters
a very 
dry bleed
that refuses 
to weep 

I’ve come 
to terms 
with this 
life never 
really stops
just living 
it does
and so 
at this
ripe age 
I’m going 
to keep 
sliding down 
monkey bars 
glued thighs 
be damned 

If you don’t 
go through hell
then you’ll never 
know when heaven 
smacks you squarely 
in your kisser

Food is
and making 
of which 
is my
love language 
and the 
doing it
and the 
savoring of
same says
here eat
and let
us enjoy 
each other