Waterfall

the podcast guru tells me that my thoughts
aren’t real just faint clouds passing through   but ripe
tomatoes on the kitchen counter stare
me down i need to make those taco bowls
tonight   my wife’s on Zoom the dog’s here at
my feet this ale tastes great i’m thinking of
Beethoven’s late quartets i want to cue
them up   i’ve read that scholars aren’t sure why
he wrote them couldn’t help it that’s my guess
the struggle that so many of us love
commitment to the cause engagement with
the fray the Sturm und Drang   dusk’s aqua blue
a waterfall that pools outside & in
now deeper wider i won’t drown i’ll dive