Nate Maxson
Nature Program
The nuclear family
Goes underground
When exhausted
With the winter
To hibernate
In twitching skins
Leftover from the feasting season
The president is on television and the radio
He lullabies to all the bears in fairy tales
He talks to them in their sleep
He promises
A lit match for every leach
(Oh)
I pull my hood tight in the cold
But it’s so lovely in the snow
Dream easy Goldilocks
Mating season approaches
Nate Maxson is the author of Vaudeville Jihad (Slow Fever, 2011), I Wished For A Serpent (Mercury HeartLink, 2012), and The Age Of Jive (CreateSpace, 2014). His poems have appeared in Eunoia, Toe Good, Empty Mirror, and Cultural Weekly, among others. He lives in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
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