Poems from the card file

the new computer
doesn't speak
to the older one
~~~

new Medicare card~
tryst with a long-admired
poet
~~~

inside, Finale
of 1812 Overture
outside, thunder
~~~

my $50
poetry prize signed over
grandson's birthday
~~~

one detention hall
during the entire 9th grade
--for no pencil
~~~

cat emerges
from under the sofa
when the storm passes
~~~

hole in the screen
a tiny black insect
crawls down my nightshirt
~~~

volunteer
sunflower
disappears--a squirrel?

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