Mayday/1st of Fools 4th and Final
a birthday present for my wife

Recalls a long and memorable walk we took together one spring day during hard times a couple years ago, and how we were refreshed by the spectacle of nature and humanity. Joyeux anniversaire mon amour!
Epidemic May Day Calls
fadeaway—thinking of how even those times were sweet
so many sights, hard to mentally compartmentalize them
after the driest April allegedly in over a Century’s Record-Keeping
Spring
so the snake has shed its skin, and is looking fresh as ever
incapable of balding
out to see
what May
was doing [in our Absence] After the Coyote had gagged on the Lizard
looking forward to
Apples of Eden
all we have left is a dumb paralytic bliss
cerebral washover,
brain implant of the wisteria maiden, not paying attention even, tripping out on the bad consequences of everyday guilt
but the implant of the wisteria maiden on the fiber optics
image burn
Eye Flowers
was this just a phrase? Adam’s Apple
Modern Wonders of bed and air-conditioner climatized, cooler, heating/ [living on the edge]
About the Creator
Rob Angeli
sunt lacrimae rerum et mentem mortalia tangunt
There are tears of things, and mortal objects touch the mind.
-Virgil Aeneid I.462
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