commuter's tanka
a campfire
smell ignites memories
of pleasant days
the sky has turned orange
they say Canada is burning
my wife's flight
and every other flight
is cancelled today
she says a boat blew through
a friend's home. why rebuild?
my sister's cottage
catches the muddy breeze
off the river
spillover engulfs her kitchen
she's on a floodplain now.
we kids ran
to capture elegant monarchs
when they flocked in july
I have seen one this year
there are a lot of mosquitoes
roasting records
have people talking
at the coffee shop
on the seventh day
the grid gives out