Saturday, June 9, 2018

Oolong Villanelle

You’re running to town to get some milk.
I’m sitting on the porch deck watching the lake.
This oolong tea sure does the trick!
I got the tea from my father-in-law, Rick.
He brought it from China. No thanks, I never take
anything in my tea, not even almond milk.
The lake is plenty placid, smooth as silk.
There’s a construction crew next door working on a big shake
house. Boy, this oolong does the trick!
If I go hiking I might pick up a tick.
Then I might get lyme disease and be sick
all the time. I feel hungry. There’ll be milk
soon. My foot is resting on a piece of brick
that I can’t see any other use for. As I sit
here now, I feel I’ve found the trick
to perfect happiness: no internet; birds; trees; the thick
drawl of my thoughts that I can leave or take;
you running to town to get milk.
This oolong tea sure does the trick!