No one warns you

Expecting swelling
warned of fatigue, but he kicks
hard enough to hear

Early June

Winding down the year
exhausted before I start
I'll cry when they're gone

Project Grading

knrk streams
sounds from Portland. Grading flies
once the kids go home.

He hears them

quiet, calm, Pre sleeps
student chatter comes at 9
and he kicks along

spring

dripping pale green buds
roaring falls, trillium, moss,
worth the aching hips

xmas break

antsy, how to sit
all day, relax, do nothing,
need to be busy

Sick. Again.

they share their feelings,
attitudes, talents, hopes, loves...
but mostly their germs