Photo by Jennifer Hannux
I think this Canadian air has knocked me silly!
In desperation
From deprivation
Of mountain biking recreation
I’ve given livin’
Some serious reconsideration
But don’t heed the need
For interventional confrontation
or cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Suicide, I’ll confide, is not my intention
Nor contemplation
In aching anticipation of the rain’s cessation,
Termination, or at least dissipation
After weather app consultation
And chance-of-precipitation calculations
I find consolation in the ramifications
Of its eventual evaporation:
Trail tread traction, compaction
And surface solidification
We’re sure to endure this weather aberration
And persistent recurrence of TNR cancellations
Meanwhile,
Turn utter frustration
with puddle formation
Into exultation and jubilation
For the nation’s celebration
And commemoration
Of independence declaration
And denunciation of taxation
Without the benefit of representation!
With holiday salutations,
Ascutney Trails Association