English Muffin Midnight

i had wanted to take my clothing off

decontaminate
the
pollution

and

taste the crisp of
pollen tingling
in my senses

i won today
for certainly
we are at war

i am writing
to you from
blue sky
and
memory

memory of what it
had
been like
to live without
preservatives , malice ,
and salt water unsafe
for
swimming

i feel you
in every little thing
i do
and
i just wanted to remind
myself
that

i was still here