“In that waltz, you find me now/Singing, dancing, with the moon”
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As the Leaves Begin to Change
Youth
“and Pastor speaks with God, while I/repent my youth that/like the flower which fades/has been my secret, golden calf.”
Fly Fishing
“What does it bring to light?/What meaning is there to land?/Have you killed a bit of me? I doubt it.”
Silver Lining
“The silver lining is/you won’t be catching planes/to drag yourself away”
Woodmont
“But then again,/it’s only ever been the thought that counts.”
Famous First Words
“All those routines!/And unhappiness can be alike.”
Footnote to Larkin
“We should also be kind while we may.”
Oncology
“More truths than cancer creep beneath our speech.”
The River Walk
“They bring us here, to a place/Elsewhere, where there is no motion”
Epilogue
“The citruses will still bear fruit, and if not these,/There will be others to form the soft flesh/Of oranges, new limes: all creating in their rot.”
Equinox
“Yet the cold does not rest there.”
Warding off Scurvy
“Because there’s little more to friendship than warding off scurvy or having a catch.”
But Thinking Makes It So
“Thinking leads to Hell. The way is wide…”
Amor Fati
“Which is worse—/A hard death/Or a hard birth—”
Epicycle(s)
“Wilderness of whys./Labyrinth of I’s./Foreground, background./Busy, busy eyes.”
