Feb Brew Worry

February.

It’s an unrelenting month.

as cold and uncompromising

as the iron that fronts it

Fe…h

as brutal and as bruising

as the

bru·ja

hidden inside it

–bubblin’ & boilin’

on the downlow

so…minus the HaHa

until one day–

(and quick, ’cause it’s a short month)

–wham! right in the kisser.

For some it’s a Valentine’s kisser, and in that sense

quite enjoyable

–but not for long—

the February Blues get everybody

in the end, since it’s an exit date.

…

Funny…

(funny weird, not funny HaHa, but I think we covered that)

such an exacting month is subject to change

to Leap years

(though it ought to just leap itself)

and restructure itself without warning.

Roaring like a Lion

Battering like a Ram

Jamming horn and bloody claw

against the sudden cohesion

of March…

 ©Karen Robiscoe