Code Switching
For Sam
When my overachieving,
ambition-driven
theretofore
conservative
college-aged son
finally came out,
he did not say
on that day,
Mom, I’m gay.
Rather on that day
he said, Mom,
I’m sooooo gay.
On Learning to Relax
I’m learning
and I’m practicing
but I confess
I’ve always found
relaxing
somewhat taxing.
Wendy Videlock lives on the edge of a canyon on the western slope of the Colorado Rockies, where she writes, paints, and teaches. Her newest book of poems, Wise to the West (Able Muse Press) will be released at the end of May, and her upcoming book of essays, The Poetic Imaginarium: A Worthy Difficulty (Lithic Books) will appear in August.