my kid
has chosen a new name
a new identity
hand picked

My child, rejects
and accepts

Jimmy has reminded me
what I knew 30 years ago

I remember the first earth day
I remember ecology
sustainability

I remember, make love
not war

we are hippies
40 years separated

she thinks like me
he feels like me

things aren't so easy these days
religion
politics
sexuality
gender

my own searching
my own agnosticism
skepticism

lets me accept my child
even though it's hard
for this mind

because Jimmy thinks
so much
like I do.

"can we start recycling?"

our apartment building doesn't recycle

"can we eat organic?"
we make a day of it.
whole foods
trader joe's

discovering what's good for us
what is good for the planet.

my kid wants to love the planet
wants to take care of it
like I love the planet
like I did
before I forgot
and now I remember