godzilla on pause

scratching at the door, lonely
makes trouble, or announces it as a feature
or policy, amid muttered non sequiturs
aimed at ankle high pets
indoors nearly all day watching squirrels
run the fence tops beating winter,
anxious, watching the rain wait
touching the not dry paint
eating not folding clothes or making
play-dates, leaf wrangling with power tools
as the corner kitchen tilts
with eddies of soiled baggies and
thriftstore cups, soon cleaned back to
starting positions as frozen goods
fall from an overstuffed top door
if one takes a chance at ice
thawing trouble 
as i pause godzilla to find out what
they want



11-16-19
portland OR