first middle West Feb.
6 more weeks of winter's host;
groundhog has no choice;
~
what about winter?
an impatient groundhog prowls;
laughs, more Wintertime!
2/21/21
Written words by James Edward Lee Sr © 2021
Sometimes I seem to muddle through* somehow
but English "muddle" cannot outline
a Russian sin split in two parts, a dao
divided into yin and yang, a whine
of lonely hummer in the lack of sickle,
a German bread without pumpernickel,
"Timon of Athens" in a glossy mag,
enamoured Jupiter away from Io,
the old good Middle West without Ohio,
a suddenly inflated airbag.
The Russian language differs. I stay steadfast
to split my sins - an alcohol abuse,
a sloth, a pride as well as bed and breakfast
in half with you, my English-Russian muse.
* (rus.) to do smth with a sin in half.