pad day 8 - celebration

Neglect
has let our pool
go green, no swimming
this wet season
celebrated this morning
by two kingfishers
swooping from the pool fence
to scoop up
tadpoles.

day 8 - should probably maybe

Should, probably, maybe

Should I have made him?

I could have whispered in
his ear while he slept,
honey sweet persuasions.

We could have talked,
wrangled, debated,
struck a bargain.

I could’ve smashed
some plates and screamed
and put my foot down.

I could’ve
I won’t say should’ve.