Poems for Adrian

i notice that there are none.

perhaps because all of the trees

have a hint of grey behind them

from not only our smoke

but Toledo's and Detroit's.

perhaps because we are so close

to that land that we lost

in that war

150 years ago

and who wants to remember a loss?

perhaps because we are somewhere

between Toronto

and Tenochtitlan

(at least you would think so

with the lick of Spanish

by which i was raised).

Tecumseh has far more trees

and things to write poems about.