Snow Globe of Minnesota - Feb. 28, 2024

don’t ever maim me

with a March in Manitoba

or stab me with

a San Francisco summer

or let me languish

in London fog

twenty years a desert rat

my blood is like

tomato consommé

waiting for hot bread

and I’d rather spend

the rest of my life

In a warm terrarium

than be murdered

in a snow globe

of Minnesota

or

watch opera

in any climate   on any planet

in any universe