thanks, ma.

you guys know i love getting mail, right?
it's true.
and when i get treats in the mail,
my whole entire day gets a little tiny bit better.

neighbors,
yesterday i got a lovely little surprise in the post box.
uh-huh.
check the parcel-package-and paper special delivery-type teleport:

c'mon
real-life-leafy, tree-barky, stick-winged love birds.
what?
how do i know they're LOVE birds?
don't be dumb.
they have to be.
i mean,
there's two of them.
because just one is just too lonely.
that's definitely a thing.
my ma hooked it up with that thoughtful sh!t,
for me,
from the new york botanical gardens.
gift shop jauns are good for you.
hell,
anytime anyone thinks of me,
it's got to be some sort of validated vindication for all the infectious,
invasive, insidious idiocy that i inflict on the world around me.
the idea that i sometimes get presents for being such an A*-hole?
yeah.
so expert.
i'm on your minds, kids.
i get in there.
i'm sorry, and you're welcome.
lovely lovers in sticks and branches, though?
just what i needed, just when i needed it.
the universe provides just enough to keep you going.
and sometimes, so does your ma.
that's real.
***********
the sky is missing this morning.
it's grey,
and the clouds are down around the roots of the mountains.
we're obscured,
and the expensive, ever-expansive,
ever-expressive answers are hidden high above us.
all it takes is looking up and being patient,
and eventually it gets revealed;
never quiet, never soft.....