America – Jenny Justice

Wildfire Afternoon

Wildfire AfternoonA Poem We play Animal Crossing until noon, and then Swim in the apartment complex pool With the tiny bodies of flies, bees, and moths as Company, pray tell what ambitions should one have in a pandemic, What poems should a poet write, What odes to nature when nature is on fire? What ode to humanity When humanityContinue reading “Wildfire Afternoon”

Animal Crossing

Animal CrossingA 2020 American Haiku Series I plant flowersCatch bugs and run Around my own island Nothing is on fireNo one has a virus Everyone is friendly Escape into Animal Crossing Is a 2020 mood If only we could give giftsEat fruit and sell weeds and branchesIn real life The night comes I talk to a ghost The goals are rewardingContinue reading “Animal Crossing”

Okay Boomer

I don’t know if you know this but anyone can be a boomer, it’s not strictly hard line boring old age being called onto the carpet, out into the ring, but it is this mentality, this mentality that has caught us up, got us stuck, mostly unaware, it’s not just you being old, or beingContinue reading “Okay Boomer”

COVID Party USA

America is one big Covid PartyOutside my window, down below A baby shower is taking place Tables and tables of people, a DJ, catering Not a mask in sight, I sigh and pull down the shadeAmerica is hopped up on COVID now, like anything Else, we are easily addicted, easily fooled, peopleKeep thinking kids need theirContinue reading “COVID Party USA”

Hope

In the checkout line the woman behind me asks if I had seen any hand sanitizer or cleaning wipes, I said no I had not, my cart full of some basics, not a haul, not a stash, not a hoard, just spinach, mushrooms, bread and butter, some eggs, some milk not enough to get anyoneContinue reading “Hope”

I don’t know if I’m a person anymore or just a thing that fights

We said we would do it later And the joke is, the thing is, time We wanted a break, a rest, we wanted And now we would break down for a bit of certainty A bit of routine, a bit of it’s safe, it’s safe, it’s all clearI don’t know if I’m a person anymore or justContinue reading “I don’t know if I’m a person anymore or just a thing that fights”