Why Now

Audio Recordings, Family, Farm, Ranch Life / tagged Anger / January 28, 2022 / by neil_2015_wordpress@neilmeili.com

Why now! Dad would say
when anything at all broke
in the middle of a busy day
of farming and ranching work

Wasn’t sure if he was mad
at the gods or at me (It felt like me)

No use to say that things break from use
and most often when you’re using them
it was personal affront in every case
purely intended to inconvenience him

Retired and attired
for an old friend’s birthday party
when the phone rang to say Canceled
because of the guest of honor’s sudden death

The red fire again climbing up the whites of his eyes

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