There used to be Burlesqa

a black cat from Cañon City

with a smoky voice

She only brought me 

birthday gifts

never missed one

This special was

for Sofie's very first 

Happy Birth Day

Kids' archnemesis this morning

is the snowplow

They dress in winter gear

and armed with sticks and attitude

the two are ready for a face-off:

The snow is for everyone! 

Of all the lies I've lived

here's one I believed

the most

That I've been taken, claimed

and loved

But let me tell me -

until there's a ring on me

I am forever free

Now that's responsibility

 I found a reason

feminism had to happen

to this country

Without it we'd die out

Timid are the men here

When everything seems off

feels unfamiliar

Let it be, why not