Ectopic Heart

Ectopic heart

beat. Acoustic

neuroma. Sleep

apnea. Getting

older blessing

against alternative.

Neither hate

nor repair.

Immediately

the woods were familiar �"

bunchberry, clintonia.

Red spruce, yellow birch.

Heron rowing

northward overhead

a sign: good luck.

Or was it just

a crow. Rock thrown.

Don't know.

Life's ending.

My sons

have each other

for laughter

at their tragedies.

Avalanche, cataract.

Clean house or

run for president.

Power and talent

are bones in your feet.

Nature's the bed

you'll sleep in.

Thyroid storm.

Screech

of the long-eared

owl. Even if

portent of death, 

it's welcome.