A New Poem at Bike PGH, and More at Persimmon Tree

Hi Friends,

December already. Wow. Wishing you a nice final month of the year.

In the meantime, I have a poem featured on Bike PGH and also another painting featured at Persimmon Tree. You can read the poem below, see the painting above, or click links to go straight through.

Sending care.
Judy

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everyone

I tell everyone to try

to take note of things

that are improvements

like soft foaming soap in a bottle

vastly sturdier tires

air in the shrunken city —

so much cleaner that men don’t

wash cars on Saturdays anymore;

everyone is wearing black

and talking on small personal phones

many are fat and no one smokes

but everyone knows the way

to stay alive is movement

dance spin run yoga make room

for those bikes but watch out —

everyone runs the red lights.