Michael J. Henry

JANUARY THAW

Warm air blows through town,
We hang on the monkey bars
upside-down fashion.

* * *

I WANT TO GO SKIING

But there’s much to do.
Blah, responsibilities!
I want to glide, glide.

* * *

WE ARE WATCHING ALADDIN

I should be reading
Shakespeare, or Yeats, or the Times.
Instead: Robin Williams.

Such is my life.