grumpy monk

robe snags
stumbles
headlong
from the path

sandaled toes
explode
into gnarly oak roots
temple dog flees

monk grumbles
ramping up to a
staff swinging rant

abbess waits
brews tea
kisses tonsured head

rough poem

cool
just shy of a killing frost
enough to shrug
the old lumberman coat
up over summer
robbed shoulders
awkward
       warm