Poem of the Month: December 2002

What I want is
Enough money

To have what I want
What I want is

My own hill
And beneath that hill

A pond
In the pond a lazy

Bass or two
And duck feathers

Resting on the mud
Of the shore

Between the hill
And mud a patch

Of grass where I
Can lie and count

My seven trees
My seven clouds

And count the coyotes
Coming down the hill

To drink
Coyote 1 Coyote 2

- C.G. Hanzlicek

Journal prompts:

• What do you want? Make a list. Be outrageous. Be selfish and greedy. Think only of yourself, and write down all the things you'd like to own.
  
  
• What do you have already? Make a list of the things in your life that you love.
  
  
• What would you give? If you had enough money, what are the things you'd like to give to the people you love, or to strangers?