My Buddy Turns 70 Today
I called him early to wish him
a good Wisconsin day
he told me some of the kids have colds
which isn't typical for summer time
the witch doctors all over
think it's caused by smoke-filled skies
he said he saw a weather map with
a grayscale graph of the smoke from
the fires burning all over the West
heavy gray on the map over most of
Canada Dakotas Montana Minnesota
all the way from the Missouri Breaks to
Jefferson City, Missouri
People are getting lungs full of
carbon mini-nuggets and
the stinking exhaust of
civilization combined
but, things are not all bad
after church and hymns and
shaking neighbors' hands
my buddy is going to the county fair
see all that Wisconsin farmers produce
going to get himself a corndog too
plaster it with catchup and mustard
then, in the early evening before sundown
he and the family are off to cheer
the demolition derby gladiators
he says he goes every year about this time
cheering his head off like a hairy baboon
no harm done - he says
the drivers are all bundled in
safety harnesses and rolling bars
what a snapshot of our post-modernistic America
my buddy thinks the fall and winter
Arctic's frozen gales will
clear the air around his
bailiwick in a few months
my buddy is quite the optimist on
certain days of the year.
Revelation 8:4
And the smoke of the incense,
which came with the prayers of the saints,
ascended up before God out of the angel's hand.
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