Unmarked Memorial

Playing in the center of a circle
a rotting tree and a stone bench
placed in remembrance, a place
where we act out stories
of others’ lives in front of the blooming
A forsythia bush, a bird chirping, or a bear
standing on hind legs
stretching to the next branch
while calculating the distance
to the ground.

Sister, remember all the things
that have fallen—
The things that stick
and slip the sky
burnt orange and pink
like tears wiped
blood not all forgotten.

My hair is still sticky with sap,
The garden is still green—
pluck a chive
put it between your teeth
remember all the things.

Pardon Me, This Bounty

Tatsoi moth and mite
husk cherry red spider mite
short of what is done—
might a mite eat until full

Breaking apart earth
butterfly—you hang latent
ripped exoskeleton
unfurled and stretched

Steeled wings obscured
kneeling closer a still life
quieter, and perhaps, I
leave a little less curated

Driving

y = 0

while ( y < 10 ) begin

Over and over over and over over over

Breath breathing breath breathing breath breathing

Feel the sharp of your nails

Keep ------>moving and moving and moving and moving

Draw little circles on window

O pen clO se Op en Closed

Turn dial up (turned up) Touch bass speaker

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