The crabapple tree will be great

I bought a crabapple tree last month

Half price, yeh

Whole hope I send towards next spring’s flourish

But then the surveys pelt me with “how you feeling” —

post-election and what about prices of ordinary groceries

and recalling last year’s woes and feelings

I am busy and aware and not crabby

And Alexa won’t skip the worst parts of four years

And the nihilists and killjoys will punish themselves

And everyone else

So it’s written in an acid proposal, disowned and repossessed

Work towards yours and local goals (and get sleep)

Don’t put a dancing bit of your suit in line of rubber bullets

And tear gas and truncheons

Have sense and strive and share

What is upside down and what can change in small and big ways

with our efforts