Is this Normal?

My new GoreTex jacket

hangs in the coat closet,

a handsome grey with

green trim: a silver fox

waiting for rain.

The forecast is near 20

and dry. I check

the active wildfires in BC,

scroll-down the page,

wonder:

what a hectare is,

how big is a half-million,

why metric still feels foreign,

who was still worried,

is this normal?

200 dollars

for a bike rack—

from Germany, comes with

a 30 year warranty.

Still. . .

A sunny day in October:

the man with a snake and quick gait

walks past the coffee shop

that just ran out of cold-brew.

In Las Vegas: 50+ shot dead

with two dozen guns modified to be

automatic—politicians offer prayer

for victims, congress considers

a law legalizing silencers.