MARILYN ROSE (Cobourg, Ont.)

Yet even as I
Overcome the perhaps
Unwarranted
Fear. After all there are hummers at the feeder, chilly desert dreaming
           of blooming
Useless gnashing…bi
Cuspid against canine…other more
Knowing voices soothe
Invoking the inherent reason in
“Not to worry” as a way of
Going forward.
Donald sucked
In his fetid breath and spewed forth more inciting rhetoric
Calling spades spades.
Keep on the wide straight roads north out of this desert, the
Water of Lake Ontario
Ahead, providing my escape, the
Dollar worth only 75 cents. How lovely.