Friends All Over

Deer walk slowly browsing our gardens stiff-legged wary rumps jerky graceful leaping electric fence futile beavers eat trees too two resident geese fly honking as I promenade creek toward setting sun moles dispersed by mothballs into field night still moon astigmatically multiplied rainbow aura benign expression stars bright pursue our different interests harmonically noncompetitive children friends all over most routine disappears my Monday Wednesday Friday pool routine her horse chores every day lessons shows yoga breakfast lunch nap dinner bedtime I shower every morning wash my hair floss brush teeth tidy up clean house practice the piano sometimes play duets today I swept and mopped my studio put up a hammock new bright light wrote dreams e-mailed edited a movie such is the texture of my quiet life