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What I Don't Want to Hear
My health insurance got cancelled last week.
This
I do not want to hear.
I do not care that I can
reinstate it today.
I do not care that I emerge
five days later, insured
and unscathed.
I am not grateful for the miracle
of good health which
is not a small miracle.
I do not want to hear
that I have to do it all
now alone.
My back-up man is gone—
the one ...
Tuesday 9th April 2019 10:43 pm
Poem from One of Our New Collections
Less Than a Second
Less than a second
is the time it takes to fall in love.
That summer night
you walked out of the bright house
on to the dark deck
ready for the next day's wedding,
already celebrating every damn thing
anyone could think of,
laughter floating out of your pores
...
Friday 15th February 2019 8:40 pm
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