Snow Straight Out of the Sun

Cloudless setting sun

spits snow in our direction

Snow flurries coming

out of the east but the wind

whips it all back from the west

My Worst Friend, Windy

She lives in Kansas,

I moved to Ohio so

I could leave her be-

hind, but she felt lonely, track’d

me, and today bullied me

Energetically

sweeps clouds of rain bunnies to

the southeast, leaving

behind baby-blue colored

floors of the sky, squeaky clean

No eating wheat now

so no sandwiches for lunch

Use romaine lettuce leaves

I’m naming them “leafwiches”

to sound more palatable

Cannot eat wheat now

so no pie crusts, mix only

fillings and cook them

in custard dishes—they taste

great, without heavy bread work

A headless windmill

rises above the dead grass

overlooking an empty

prairie sea; powerless to

move with or without the wind