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Gratitude
(A poem made from excerpts from my daily gratitude journal)
Today I’m grateful
for Louisa licking
my face and wanting
big hugs and bounding, her tongue
flapping sideways out her mouth.
for the patter of rain like stars
exploding, the tiny crinkly ripples
overlapping, the pattern
of droplet-covered waves
for the feeling of being
well-exercised
*
For the new comfy sheets and extra-
long sleeps. for the lazy,
easy morning
for the beepy boopy parts
of Ben’s playlist, for him
being understanding
when I got sad
and lovingly mocking
my hiccups
*
Today I’m grateful
for the walk, the blue garden, the flower
puddles, so many lilac colors
all in a row, such green depth
at the end of the road
