Bird In Hand

June 14, 2022

Money for today

but not for tomorrow

Bees in the bonnet

cows in the barn

Poverty lessens

the weight of ambition

Our wishes and dreams

back burner to warm

Love for today

but not for tomorrow

Feelings with shelf lives

spoiled by date

The moment usurps

each hour an orphan

Whose bird in the hand

—neither early nor late

(Dreamsleep: June, 2022)

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