for Christina

so it goes
with butterflies and crows
spring is the time
where they
lend you their wings
so that you can fly
to your nest of yarn
a home
safe from the cats
who prowl in the shape of
tax collectors
and union busters
who play shadow warrior
with uranium and plutonium
and purchase
advertisements on the box
we all watch
so that you
forget
get distracted
fill up with apathy
and buy the next
awful thing
for your nest
so small
and precious
got to
make sure
it stays that way and not get cluttered
with other people’s junk
or other cat’s bones
you’d rather leave alone
so you can fly
make your load light
’cause you can’t change the world
but you sure can
change the way you live