I curl up on the floor of the closetThe door cracked just enoughTo let a sliver of lightHit the papersI balance on one kneeThe laptop on the otherI tried 10 takesat the kitchen tablebut the house is too smalland voices carry too welland when it was silentthe cats would start fighting This is everything andContinue reading “much ado about everything”
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hinges
She tells me10 minutes a daymight help — of mindfulnessof meditation — I rememberbefore leaving bed this morningknowing that if not nowI may not have a chance,The house is neverthis quiet I set the timeron the appand try to sitthe wayTeshinshowed usin the zendowhen I chaperonedthe kidson theirneighboring faithstrip,though I know I’ve got the armsallContinue reading “hinges”
Preemption
All the thingsyou’ve grievedbefore they’re gone—The tears wept in advance— Come. Place them on the bier. We’ll set them out to sea,Aflame. kfw 2021
X annos.
Itryto con-strainthis grieftuck it in-toa boxbut it bleeds,it seeps out likespilledink andsmears. it mindsnot the new, dragsme back in with itlooklook, feelme, feel metug, feel me wrestthe ground from beneathyour feet once more. don’t getupstay there.Feel me, feel —Don’t run from me,it commands; No–itbegs; it pleads of me, “Stay.”The more I tug, the harderitgrips me.MyContinue reading “X annos.”
Object Permanence
In your absence,an abstraction: Did I dream you? I touch you to make you real,to sense your massand weigh it against mine. kfw 2021
Undusted Corners 