by Kelly

By my dog’s back foot,

a baby toad. She doesn’t

see. I let things be.

by Kelly

“Shhhh. Do you hear that?”

I point yonder to the knock

of a woodpecker

by Kelly

Shopping for preschools.

Do we live in Manhattan?

Wait listed again!?!?!!!!!

by Kelly

last year’s whirly gigs

fall into wet snow making

space for this year’s crop

by Kelly

I catch a pink sky

through the gym window — last week

this same sky was dark

by Kelly

I’m overwhelmed by

dirty dishes — the neighbor’s

snowman collapses

by Kelly

like I knew they would

the dogs pee on the snowman

who’s seen better days

by Kelly

through a snow plow bank

I go with kid in my arms

and sink to my knees

by Kelly

drop the kid at school

take the dogs for a walk and

I find my old self

by Kelly

unexpected gift

cashier says, “It’s on the house.”

black coffee, white snow