Some Advice For Living in the New Normal

Don’t think too long

about what might be laying eggs

in your breakfast cereal

or nesting in your walls

there’s enough to worry about

in plain sight

It’s easy to lose focus

with headlines pummeling

like heavy rain

and the never-ending parade

of household tasks and advocacy

that add up to an adult life

We see your exhaustion

but we need your good faith

for the revolution

and we need your blessed children

to want something greater

than rank survival

So don’t think too long

about the half life of stink bugs

the detritus of everyday

lift yourself up and the rest of us

in dreamy solidarity

will follow you to higher ground

It’s Wednesday night but I’m sharing this on The Tuesday Platform in the Imaginary Garden