January 5, 2025
Long December
California,
my confession.
Twenty years,
Chapel Hill
to Santa Monica.
Mad Chapel
keeps lamp.
Dogs bark.
Beach salt.
Birds argue.
A cardinal,
red punctuation.
Waves
teach slow death.
Sunsets
bless my son.
Rains, thousands,
deaths, suicides.
Cruel resurrection,
I learn: oración, acting, loving.