Holy Fools
Again the temperature held
The clouds fond of where they were
The birds awake as we breathed
How to be awash in song
How to watch men swing axes into trees
Lord I haven’t had any coffee yet
How long before my unraveling
Ours perhaps
The radiator hisses but is easy to ignore
We can’t search for what we’ll find
Inaccuracy Because Either Could Be Either
I thought the sky was supposed to blue
I thought sunglasses were supposed to make everything darker
My new pair makes everything look kind of brown
My new pair has nothing to do with the clouds
Mercury is retrograding again
Mercury is nothing but gravity’s certainty
Lately I feel more compassion for the bee corpses in my car’s rear window
Lately I feel more compassion for baristas
I asked for 2% but cream is all he’s got
I asked for his number but he’s got a girlfriend
Can you tell when you’re being let down gently
Can you tell when you’re given the wrong change
Pink Confetti
The villain in my favorite Star Trek movie says ridiculous things
“Time is the fire in which we burn” and sure I guess
He wanted to collapse a star but dies when his missile blows up early
Everyone knows you can only be right about x-amount of things
Time is what I use to think about golden retriever puppies wearing baseball caps
Time is what we plant out back when we want corn in September
Everything is explodable even words you have to invent
Who actually believes Shakespeare did all that
Lord he must have lived at writing residencies
He must have had incredible lovers
I quit wondering what gender they would have been
I quit my job so I could write poems
Look at this tiny black poodle in a princess costume
How do you know what month it is
What are the benefits of living in a college town
Is it all right to watch science fiction all day
Should you always send a thank you note after an interview
When do your mid-twenties end and then
I wish there were a carousel nearby I could watch spin
Who is in charge of painting the horses
There is a museum with the answers in Connecticut
Who is in charge of ticket sales
Who is in charge of most things
Some guy on the news says the Bible says the world will end today
There’s a nice breeze outside so what if it carries hellfire
I’d miss my midcentury porcelain tea set
I’d miss shirtless men jogging by my porch
Can you think of a better place to sit with a beagle
I stopped drinking milk a while ago and yes I feel much better
Déjà vu exists because time is a bunch of pink confetti
There was a party you weren’t invited to but had to clean up
There are four brooms in this house
We don’t know why
Gaslighting
The dog didn’t fall down the stairs
We never had a dog
It didn’t snow at all that winter
Uphill both ways to the antique dealer
X-amount of square feet
Nothing but treasures
The chill will get you no matter the clouds
When everything’s still you can hear your veins
How to behave when you’re the only patron
How to walk right past the labrador painting
How to turn “Jingle Bells” into “Born to Run”
Sometimes you can get what you want
I’ve never not owned the twenty-three-piece orange tea set made in Germany before the war
I’d never have a kiki without inviting you
Remember the time we went sledding through the trees
Sometimes I think I should write a novel
