non-essential


rain

oak leaves

failed movie stars

antonyms for haziness

wearing pajamas at breakfast

full moon still pinned in the sky

flocks of birds shuttling back and forth

the revolving glass door turned seven times

scents of black China tea and honey white bread

moonlight jellies by the shore on a late summer night

drinking cocktail and hitting the trail at 2 a.m. in K-town

tears streaming down the reddened cheeks in a continual flow

old rusty bicycles locked to bike racks and to each other at the park

noticing the incongruities of moments of life but also feeling the parallels

the morning sun rising over mountains, birches, and impossibly green pastures

when these become necessities of their lives, non-essential for you, grant I may be