TWENTY-EIGHT
february was last in line
to receive her allotment of days.
on account of being late
she was given only twenty eight.
everyone else had either thirty
or thirty one. Having begun feeling
worse over her impoverishment,
God said, “remember the last are first.
so every fourth year I will add
a day to make your heart leap, and
you will be the one to honor
the greatest U.S. presidents.
if all of that is not enough,
you alone will own the day of love.”