Mike Montreuil: EASTER

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It's early on this Easter Sunday morning and something strange has happened to the kitchen. There are foil covered chocolate eggs in the coffee tin, the sugar container and even in the coffee carafe. Even the utensils drawer is littered with chocolate. Peter Rabbit and his brethren were busy last night. Perhaps my animal loving daughter had a say in the matter.

This poses a dilemma this early in the morning. Do I get my caffeine from the chocolate strewn about the kitchen or do I take time to wait for the warmth of a coffee sweetened with laughter?

an easter bunny

stares silently -

the colours of spring

by Mike Montreuil

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Mike Montreuil: OCTOBER RAIN

I cannot shake the dryness in my mouth as we walk along this country road where pick-up trucks and farm tractors shower us with dust. I turn to you once more, after touching your hand, and see that the work of God has taken hold. Now I know.... You can never be mine, never again be mine, even as I try to brush the dust off your habit.

October rain –

the medicines

of a long illness

by Mike Montreuil

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada